UBRARY  OF  PRINCETON 


JUL  2  21998 


THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 


BV    4424     .L8    M37     1886 

Das    Mary   J.    Drexel    Home    und 
Philadelphia    Mutterhaus 


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'^  uv  (iinfi'ibruiu^  bcr  ^iafonificii  in  bao  T'eiit)d)e  ,$)ofpital  ,yt 
^\  .'^^t)i(ai)clpt)ia  max  Der  il>ct]  c^ebaljut  uun-bcn  biird)  bie  "iu'ranttcrimg 
-''^^  beö  /freibriefö  iin  ^erbft  188:2,  bie  Dom  jiöeiten  ^HJontacj  beö 
^alireö  1883  an  in  .S'lvaft  trat,  unb  nioburd)  bie  öol'pital^'Isenualtung 
offen  nnb  einlief)  ber  .Hircl)e  bie  .soanb  bot  ,sur  ^Hiitarbeit  an  betn  l^lnfbau 
bee  Teutfdjen  .öofpitalci.  Tamit  unir  ber  Dun^lidifeit  bie  Tln'tre  geöff; 
net,  bie  innere  'Iseruialtnng  unb  bie  .Uranfenpflegc  beö  .öofpitalö  in  ber 
SBcife  umjugeftalten,  baf?  man  an  bie  33erufnng  oon  !l)iafoniffen  an^ 
.  T'mt)d)Um'tt  benfen  fonnte,  bie  fid)  in  ben  let3ten  ^sabr.H'bnten  in  ben 
^üfpitälern,  auf  ben  3d)lad)tfelbern,  unb  alien  niöc]lid)en  ^sonnner: 
unb  'Jtotftätten  ber  alten  3l^elt  alo  treue,  ^uüerläffige  .^elferinnen  er: 
probt  Ijatten. 

!J)er  '^.sräfibent  beä  ®eutfd)en  ^ofpitals,  <perr  ,^s.  T*.  Vanfenau  unb 
mit  ibm  .s;.err  .Honful  (Sbao.  ^.  'iDieper,  batten  fd)Dn  mef)rere  'iU'rfud)e 
genmdit,  um  Äaiferömertb  ober  ein  anbereo  gröf3ereo  'Diutterbauo  in 
®entfd)lanb  ^u  beuiegen,  unferm  .öofpital  eine  Sln.nibl  Sd)n:)eftern  ah- 
antreten.  'Jiamentlid)  batte  fid)  aud)  ber  -öerr  Monful  ^Wafcbbau,  oom 
^eutfd)en  Weneral;."*^onfnlat  in  Tim  ^;})orf,  im  3«f)i't'  ^^^^  lebbaft  für 
unfere  Sad)e  intereffiert  unb  uu'brfad)e  'lHniud)e  gemad)t,  uug  3d)uie; 
fteni  ju^ufübren.  'Jtllein  üon  allen  Seiten  famen  ablebnenbe  'Jlntuior^ 
Un.  9}can  braud)te  bie  Sd)iüeftern  in  ber  alten  .^eimat  felbft  ,^u  not^ 
wenbig,  um  fie  nad)  5(merifa  hieben  ,^u  laffen. 

3m  A'i'üljjabr  1883  unternabm  ee  .Honful  (Sbaö.  4).  'JJiei)er  niäbrenb 
einer  Wefd)(iftcireife  in  l)eutfd)lanb,  nod)  einen  'inTfud)  ,^u  nmd)en,  um 
^iafoniffen  für  uno  ,^u  geuiinnen.  (i'r  befud)te  Maiferoiuertb,  iro  '|>aftor 
2)iffelboff,  ber  i3d)unegerfobn,  unb  '^iaftor  C^ieo.  iivlit'bner,  berSobnbeö 
feiigen  Jylit'bner,  bao  gottgefe'gnete  'llHH"f  ibreo  'Isatero  mit  fo  fd)önem 
Cirfolge  meiter  fübren.  ''Ma'  fo  iutereffant  unb  lebrreid)  biefer  'i-^efud) 
mar,  in  ber  .»pauptfadje  blieb  er  erfolglos,  ja  er  brängte  faft  unabiiieiQ= 
lid)  bic  entmutigenbe  Ueber,^eugung  auf,  baf?  alleö  '^emül)en  uergeblid) 
fein  mürbe.  Trotjbem  gab  er  bie  .söoffnung  nid)t  auf,  fonbern  fet3te  feine 
'öemübungen  nunerbroffen  fort. 

3n  .gamburg  mürbe  iljm  nid)t  lange  barnad)  burd;  ben  mannen 


Al•lnlll^  ?iM-  riiifoiiii')'oiiiad)C,  .OorriP^Uiftor  (i.  :h'incf,  Die  Diittdhnu^  c\e- 
iiuuht,  ^^l|"^  \Ai  Avraiifi'iihaiio  >ii  v^)crlol)lI  oiiu'  unalihdiu^iiu'  noino  V\a- 
follU'|0!u^Mlu'i^^c  fid)  lloruI^c  unter  ^cl■  Vcitiiiui  ^ln•  in  .Uaiicroinertl) 
mioiiobilDoteii  Cbcrin,  'Hhiric  .Siriii^cr,  niold)0  iiun^ltd)or  'iisciio  in  ber 
Viiiio  nniiT,  auf  unfcrc  CS'iulnbuun  ciiiiUiuHicu.  Cio  murbe  cine  .Uorrc: 
fponbcu,^  niit  bor  Clunin  croffuct,  in  boron  aoUu'  fd)on  i]cc[cn  iintt\!  hci> 
/»iihroci  l.ss;}  oiii  Uoboroinfoininon  alHiofd)loffon  iinirbo,  ban  bio  CluTin 
mit  fod}G  3d)uioftorn  im  ATiibjalir  1hh4  nad)  ^].vl)ilabolpl)ia  iiborfioboln 
follto. 

^liid)t  loid)t  ift  bon  3d)U)oftorn  bor  i'(Ijfd)iob  non  ilirom  :?(rboitQfelb 
in  ,^forlobn  unb  non  ber  alton  .»ooimat  i^omorbon.  ^iHin  foiton  hc^o 
3tabtratG  unb  bor  '^^üriun'fdnift  in  ,^forlobn  luurbon  luioborholto  -Ikx- 
fud)0  rtonmd)t,  ibron  Ci"utfd)luH  .yi  orfd)üttorn.  iHbor  bio  3d)iüoftcrn 
bliobon  bem  uug  nonobenen  ill^orte  treu  unb  fd)iebon  mit  bem  Tanfe  ber 
3tabt  „für  bio  auöi]e5oid)nete  unb  biiu^'bcnbo  ^Innfo,  mit  luoldier'fie 
ibroG  lUmtoö  tioimirtot."  iHm  7.  3i"ii  ^^^-^  fd)iffto  fid)  bio  floine 
3d)ar  auf  bom  Tampfor  ']>onnlanb,  in  '^(ntiuorpon,  ein  unb  orroid)te 
nad)  (^lüdlid)or  r)ioifo  am  19.  ^uni  ben  .öafon  uon  ilfeiii  "))ovi,  luo  fie 
in  ."^erfep  Giti;  lanboton,  unb  üon  bem  '^H-äfibenten  bOG  ^outfd)on  .^o- 
fpitalG,  ,s>orrn  3-  ^-  Vanfonau,  in  (Smpfaiui  I'^onoiiujion  u)ib  nad)  ibrer 
neuen  .s^einuit,  in  '|>bilabolpbia,  cH'loitot  rourbon. 

Tie  :)tainon  ber  3d)iiioftern,  meldie  am  19.  ^'^uni  1hh4  oIg  ^^Moniere 
bOG  TiafoniffouiuorfG  in  '].U)ilabolpbia  einbogen,  finb  folcnoube: 

fdimcftcr  UTartc  Kriigcr,  btc  Obcritt,  am  i£brenbrcitftein,  am  Kbetii, 
,,        ,fric^crif■'c  irnvilcr,  ans  I^entt'itciithal,  bei  liallc, 
irilhclmmc  Ilittniamt,  aus  I'(Clln'ie^, 
lllariaimc  Krätzer,  aus  lDLn•niaero^c,  am  V>av^|, 
I^aa^alcna  von  5?ra*t,  aus  KI.  ©itb,  tti  ^cr  ^ifel, 
,,        ^llina  Kof|matin,  ans  lEiban,  Sacbi'en, 

pauliitc  '£öfdiinanii,  ans  ll''rit3cii,  IlTarf  i^ra^^enbur4. 

Tie  lobtoro  ift  balb  nad)  ii)rer  3lnfunft  am  bem  3d)ii)oftern='-isorbanb 
auGaotroten  unb  3d)U)eftcr  ?vrieberife  3Bur,^ler,  bio  burd)  tore  reid)e  (Sr= 
fa()rung,  befonborG  in  diirurgifdior  Äranfonpftono,  unö  auGiiound)nete 
Tienfto  getlja)!,  muf?to  mit  ivi'l^ud)  t^obrod)onor  ('-iofunbboit  nad) 
Toutfd)(anb  ,^urürf'iobron. 

Tor  lHnfaiu:i  bor  lUrbeit  in  nnforin  .öofpital  mar  für  bie  3d)nieftern 
in  nmnd)er  .6)infid)t  ein  fobr  fd)miori(-(or.  Xn  ilioubau  boo  füblid)on 
iiylui^olG  mar  nod)  nid)t  uollonbot.  Tie  frühere  .SoauG^'ln'riualtuiu]  mar 
roenii^ftoiiG  oino  ^oitlani]  )iod)  auf  bom  ^^Mal3e.  Ta<o  uoUo  "Inn-ftdnbuiG 
beG  eiiiontüm[id)on  (SbaraftorG  boo  oüan(]olifd)on  Tiafoniffen=3i>erfö 
muftte  fid)  nid)t  bloG  bei  bon  iHor^tou,  fonboru  and)  im  isermaltungörat 
erft  allmäblid)  'öabn  bred)on.  CSiue  bebeutenbo  Aörborung  erfubr  baä 
25?orf  burd)  iHnftolIuiu)  eiueo  ftobeubon  Tiafoniffon=.HomitteeG,  M^  oom 
•"Isräfibontou   bOG  '-I^ormaltuncjGratOG  im  5>-'l^niar  1885  ernannt  tourbe. 


um  t)ie  förinlid)C  Crcjaiiifatioii  i)c<o  Tiafonificniucrfö  auf  Ijicfiineiu  iöobeu 
§u  betreibeu,  ueue  3d)iüefteru  lieraujujiefien,  '^irobeid)uicftcru  ^u  ge^ 
uiinueu  uiib  für  ibre  ^luobilbuni^  Sorge  ^u  trageu.  T^iefcci  .suuuitec 
l)ä(t  rcgclmäf^igc  Diouatcifit.uinijeu  uub  trifft  babci  alle  bie  iHuürbnuu; 
geu,  uiclcl}e  im  ^"tereffe  bes  ^iafoniffeimierfö  uötig  erfd)eiueu.  Dk 
^lieber  bec  4^iafouiffe^=.S\Oluiteeo  fiub  bie  .öerreu:  ^s-  ^-  Vaufeuau, 
■il^rnfibeut  unb  Sd)at3UUMfter,  (Sbao.  ^.  Wic\)cx,  3efretär,  '|>rofef)or 
^r.  ^ilv  "s.  'Iliauu,  ^^iaftor  Tr.  ^^(.  3pätb,  ^^niftor  a.  3i>ifd)au,  ,~s.  (S. 
^nle,  ^|>räfibeut  ber  beutfd)e^  Wefeüfdiaft,  3-  -Ö-  ^ilg*-%  ^^>-  -^-  Sdiunirj 
uub  odjiuefter  'Diaria  .Urügcr,  bie  Cberiu. 

CS'iue  nieitere  A'örberuug  erfubr  bie  Tiafüuiffeufad)e  baburd),  baf?  t\a^ 
frübere  Sijftem  bcr  im  ,s^ofpital  u)obnenbeu  .^auöär^te,  uutuad)  geuiöbu- 
lid)  brei  junge,  neu  proiuouirte  T^oftoren  biefe  Stellen  einuabnuMi,  alö 
mit  beu  '|>rin,iipien  beö  T^iafoniffeniiierfö  uiuierträgUd)  baljin  umbifijiert 
rourbe,  bafs  Gin  .öauöar^l  mit  reiferer  (Srfabruug  auf  längere  ^dt  an- 
geftellt  unirbe.  2)iefen  %4a\^  bat  feit  "suli  1885  ^r.  @eo.  31.  33oba= 
mer  iuue  uub  füllt  feine  Stelle  ^ur  ^lUi'u'benbeit  aus. 

3)er  uud)tigfte  Sd)ritt  in  ber  ©eiterentmicflung  beö  Xiiafoniffeiuuerfö 
war  nun  aber  ber  (S-utfd)luf5  beö  '^U-äfibeuten,  .öerr  3-  '^-  '^'«nfenau, 
iu  'iserbiubung  mit  bem  beabfid)tigten  Mary  J.  Drexel  Home  and)  bie 
uötigen  Webäulid)feiten  für  ein  :riafoniffen=3Jtutterl)auQ  berjufteUeu. 
®er  "plan,  in  bem  ju  errid)tenbeu  Mary  J.  Drexel  Home  eine  ^eim= 
ftätte  für  alteröfdjniad)e  ^eutfd)e  ^u  grünben,  mar  uon  .<Qerrn  i'anfenau 
fc^ou  oor  mebreren  ^abreu  gefaf3t  morben,  alö  uod)  uiemanb  au  bie 
2)iafouiffen  bad)te.  3u  biefem  Smecf  batte  er  baö  gau^e  anö  3)eutfc^e 
^ofpital  angrenjeube  Ojruubftücf  augefauft  unb  ber  ueränberte  (Sbarter 
com  3al)r  1882  entbielt  einen  ^^Urragrapbeu,  ber  bem  'inn-maltuugorat 
beö  ®eutfd)eu  ^ofpitalö  eoeutuell  bie  Veituug  and)  biefer  3Iuftalt 
übertrug. 

^ie  (Siufübruug  ber  ^iafouiffen  legte  nun  unfrem  ^^sräfibenten  heu 
Webanfen  nalje,  eine  eigeutlid)e  ^riafoniffeu^lXuftalt  mit  bem  beabfid}= 
tigten  Mary  J.  Drexel  Home  ju  oerbinben.  I^arüber  fonute  ja  fein 
3uieifel  l)errfd)en,  ba^,  mcnn  baö  S)iafouiffenroerf  bei  uuö  fefteu  y^n^ 
faffeu  unb  ju  einer  bleibeubeu  (Sinrid)tung  werben  follte,  fo  muf3teu 
möglidift  balb  Sdiritte  getban  merben  ^ur  Örüubung  eineö  eigenen 
3)iutterf)aufeö,  worin  '^srobefd)meftern  aufgenoimuen  uub  beraugebilbet 
werben  uub  worin  bienftunfäbige  uub  alteröfd)wad}e  Sdjweftern  ein 
^eim  für  it)ren  l'ebeuöabeub  finben  fijunten.  Sie  Siafoniffeu^3tnftaIt 
alö  foldje  uuifete  iu  fird)lid)em  OJeift  gegrünbet  uub  geleitet  werben, 
wenn  überhaupt  ein  ©ebeiben  für  biefelbe  5U  erwarten  fein  foltte.  Unb 
ba  bie  Sdjwefteru  oon  9(ufang  iu  ber  eoang.4utb.  St.  ^obauniö^ 
iRird^e  iljre  geiftlidie  <geimat  uub  iu  iljrem  ^aftor  ibreu  oeelforger  ge^ 
fuuben  tjatteu,  ba  überbieö  feit  ber  Gbarter^ä^eräuberung  beö  ^atjreö 
1882  brei  ^^paftoren  beö  euaug.-lutljerifc^eu  9}Iiuifteriumö  oou  ^:penn= 


fuliiauioii  Uli  ^iHn-ii)altmu\ovai  iu'o  .»öofpitalo  fein  nii'nuMi,  fo  ucrflaiiii  co 
fid)  IH1I1  fi'llM't,  ?aü  ^lK1  ,>u  lll•iill^ell^o  Dciitterhaiio  mit  Der  Iiitberifchcii 
.Uird)c  in  oiiviiiifdior  ^IhuIuiiDiiiui  ftobcii  follte.  Tabci  mar  inuiicr  iiod) 
Die  l'(biUid)fiMt  lUHuHuMi,  ttaü  ^lVJ  M;ir\'  J.  Dn.-xcl  lioiiic  feine  eigene 
•iH'ruialtnni^,  iierfd)ieben  uon  Der  Tinfoniffennnftalt  l)abeu  fonnte.  Ter 
(^)riinDer  beiDer  :)(nftalten  aber  entfd)ieb  fid)  nad)  reifl;d)er  Uoborlei^nni^ 
Dafür,  Dan  bao  Mai-\-  j.  Drcxi-I  Hoiiu-nnDDao  Tiat'oniffen  I'lUlterbauG 
nid)t  bloü  ard)itet'tDiüfd)  in  einem  ftattlid)en 'i^au  uerunii^t,  foiiDern  and) 
nnter  eine  Isenualtniu^  lU'Üellt  uierDen  füllten,  mw  Diefelbe  follte  ein 
befonbeveci  Tireftorium,  alo  felbftänöii-\e  forporation,  lU'fdiaffen  luer- 
ben,  in  inekbem  Der  "iseruialtuiuvr'rat  beci  Tentfdjen  .ySafpitalo  Dnrd) 
Drei  (^'Wieber  repröfentirt  fein  fall.  Tie  Tnrd)fiiannui  biefer  llJiaüre 
(\d  i)erlani"\te  eine  abennalicie  'Jlenbernni^  beö  Areibriefo  Deo  Tentfd)en 
.'önfpitalo.  Tiefelbe  innrbe  in  Der  oitunu^  beo  Tiat'oniffen-'.Uomiteeo 
am  it).  September  issö  uon  .sSerrn  .Sionful  CSbaö.  ,st.  SÖieper  iiort]e= 
fd)laiUMi  nnb  ^ur  'iHtrlai^'  uor  Den  ^In'rinaUnniv^rat  aiuu'nommen.  .s^evr 
^Y  T.  l'anfenau  erflärte  -^n  i^leid)er  ;^eit,  Daf?  er  Den  'i>au  Der  neuen 
iHiu'talten  in  iHiu^riff  nebmen  luerbc,  fobalb  fid)  Die  Korporation  öcs 
Teutfd)en  .s>ofpitalo  mit  Dem  'JlmenDment  einuerftanben  erflart  baben 
werbe,  ^sn  berfelben  3it3nni'i  lunrbe  and)  ber  'Jcame  Der  neuen  %n- 
ftalten  feftiU'ftellt :  Thk  ^1ak\  J.  Dk1':.\rl  Homf.  and  Piiii.adki.I'H  i  a 
MfvniEKiiousE  OF  Deacon FssF.s. 

:)iad)bem  biv  uorlänfii^e  Wntbeifnniii  beö  i)oriU'fd)lai-;enen  iHmenD; 
mentci  in  ber  ^"^anuar^'-lserfammlnnci  issi;  uon  Der  .Uorporation  paffiert 
mar,  mürben  f  of  ort  bie  uorbereitenben  3d)ritte  5um  '^ki^imi  bes  'i^aueö 
tu'tban.  ,"\n  ber  3iiuuu^  beö  Tiafoniffen^.Uomiteeo  oom  ■>! .  '^Mäv-^ 
J.SHH  fprad)  «öorr  l'anfenau  feine  'Jlbfid)t  au<i,  ben  (i'ntmnrf  nnh  bie 
i'eitung  beö  33aue5  bem  3Ird)iteften  W.  ilnod^e  ju  übertragen,  ber  oon 
bem  'jittad)!'  ber  beutfd)en  ('»)efanbtfd)aft,  .s^errn  ^J(rd)iteft  .soinfelbepn, 
aufo  märmfte  empfohlen  unD  and)  alo  ein  ':)(effe  unfero  .siolleiUMi  Deo 
A^errn  03.  i}l.  3d}mai,^  uuö  moblbefainit  mar.  (i'v  iinirbe  bann  oon 
Dem  .stomitee  einftinunig  jum  lHrd)iteften  Des  proponirten  i-iaueö  er= 
mahlt  nnb  .^err  ii'anfenau  fd)loH  bie  be,^iit^lid)en  ilontrafte  mit  ihm  ab. 

'Jim  ,^man,^i(^ften  September  issii  iiefd)ah  ber  erfte  Spatenftid)  nnb 
Der  elfte  :)tooember,  ber  Tauftat^  .De artin  Vuthercv  mürbe  ,ium  Tai^  ber 
(^)rnnbfteinlegun(il  beftimmt. 


2.  5if  (5nnibrtcinle(Tiumji. 

Tie  A-eier  ber  Wrimbfteinlepng  mar  uom  fd)önften  äi>etter  beßünfticiit 
nnb  eö  hatte  fidi  eine  i^rofte  i)tenfd)cnment^e,  mohl  'i  biö  3000  '^>erfo- 
nen,  ba,iU  einciefniiben.  Tie  Jlnöbehiuuit;^  beö  iH'planten  ilkue§  mürbe 
ben  '^efud^ern  babnrd)  oor  'JUuhmi  G^fid)^/  «^tiB  «n  hm  (5cfen  ber  A-iü- 


gel  l)ol)o  Jva()ncnftangcii  mit  iH>iinpeIu  in  beii  anievil:aiiiid)cu  luib  beut; 
fd)en  J-arbeit  aufgeftetlt  luarcu. 

Taö  Webäubc  liegt  mit  ber  Arout=^"vafinbe  uacb  ^)iorben,  nlfo  imcb 
ber  ftirarb  iHue.  iiub  etiua  'M^  ahH  uou  ber  3traf5i.Miflud)t  entfernt,  nnb 
par  mirb,  nm  ben  ard)iteftonifd)en  TotaU($-ffeft  ^n  erböben,  baö 
Sonterrain  erböbt  liegen  nnb  ber  'i^oben  mirb  mit  ber  bnrd)  bie  %u<ö' 
grabnngen  gemonnenen  gnten  (Srbe  nnögefiitlt  luerben,  fo  baf^  fpäter 
bort  (^)ärten  angelegt  werben  fönnen. 

^ie  ^"yaflabe  an  ber  Wira»b  'Jtuenne  ift  -iöo  Jyni5  lang,  unb  Mmn 
fd)lief^en  fid)  im  red)ten  ilisinfel  5iuei  5vlügel  oon  200  ^ufeXiefe,  fo  baf? 
biefe  faft  ^ur  'l^oplar  3traf^e  jnrüdlanfen.  3!^ie  33reite  beö  "iWittelbane'j 
nnb  ber  A^i\(\d  ift  <><»  A-nf^.  ^Dajiuifdien  liegt  ein  i^of  uon  120  bei  U(» 
^nf5,  nield)er  in  einen  berrlidjen  Oiarten  nmgemanbelt  luerben  mirb. 
^n  ber  3)^itte  ber  Aront,  an  ber  GMrarb  9loenue,  liegt  ber  .X^anpt^CSin^ 
gang,  in  einem  oorfpringenben  Gbor  mit  ©iebel,  binter  iueld)em  fid; 
ein  fpifecr  Kirdiengiebel  mit  l>ad)  nnb  bann  ein  1 7  ö  Anf?  bober  Tnrm 
erljebt.  ^ie  o  o  r  b  e  r  e  Artffabe  wirb  befonberö  reid)  anci  gepref^ten 
33adfteinen  ntit  Öefimfen  nnb  ©infaffungen  ans  ^anftein  in  gotifd)em 
(Stil  anögefü()rt  nnb  ift  anfier  bem  3onterrain  b  r  e  i  S  t  o  tf  in  e  r  f  e 
l)od),  oon  benen  jebod)  im  ^JJiMttelban  bie  beiben  oberen  oereinigt  finb, 
ba  bier  bie  Ä  a  p  e  1 1  e  nnb  gröfieren  '-Ikrfammlnngö-Säle  liegen,  uiäb= 
renb  bie  Alügel  brei  wolle  Stodioerfe  befit^en.  ^^fbeci  Storfioerf  bat 
ettoa  62  9iäume. 

^Tiaö  ©ebänbe  erbält  ein  bobeo  Xaä),  uie(d)eö  mit  farbigen  Sdiie^- 
fern  eingebedt  mirb  nnb  in  meldjem  ^ad)reiter  (dornuTs)  angebrad)t 
finb.  3(n  ben  ©den  raerben  (i'rfer  nnb  iklfons  auö  bem  ^Ban  beranö= 
treten  nnb  werben  biefelben  an  ber  oorberen  A^fföbe  oon  niebrigeren 
^Tiirmen,  fogenannte  „:-}iefalite,"  überragt  werben,  ^n  beiben  Seiten 
ber  4(»  bei  42  Auf3  grofuMi  .Sl  a  p  e  l  ( e  liegen  40  bei  22  Auf5  grof^' 
^■l>erfünnnlungQ=^)iänmc  für  bie  alten  i^  e  u  t  e  nnb  bie  T^  i  a  f  o  n  i  f  = 
f  e  n,  weld)e  fo  eingerid)tet  finb,  ha^  fie  ;nit  jener  in  einen  :-)i'anm  oer= 
einigt  werben  fönnen,  waö  5.  33.  bei  ber  Aeier  beö  ^Beibnaditdfefteö  ge^ 
fd)eben  wirb,  ßn  beiben  Seiten  ber  .öauöflnr  im  erften  Stod  liegen 
3SerwaItnngö=:-}iäume,  bie  ßimmer  für  Sterjte  nnb  $5efnd)ö5iunner. 

:i)er  öftlid)e  Alügel  wirb  alö  ^  iaf  0  nif  f  en  =  3(nfta  It  be= 
inil3t  werben  mit  ^Kanm  für  etwa  100  Sd)weftern.  Sie  loerben  ^n= 
gleid)  alö '^^sftegerinnen  beö  .(Unb  er  ^  ^  0  f  pi  tal  ö  fnngieren,  wel= 
^eö  im  erften  Stod  beö  weftlidien  AÜigelö  eingerid)tet  wirb  nnb  in 
wekbem  in  oier  Säten  (^isarbö)  etwa  60  .Hinber  bebanbelt  werben  fol= 
ten.  Sie  beiben  oberen  Stocfwerfe  beö  weftlid)en  Alügelci  entbalten 
9iänmlid;feiten  für  bie  alten  L^nite  nnb  ift  genügenber  rKanm  uorbanben, 
um  100  biö  120  ^^perfonen  auf^nnefimen.  T^ie  Sinnner,  weld)e  für 
•jwei  *~perfonen  eingerid)tet  finb,  baben  einen  Stlfooen,  werben  bod),  gut 


Dciuilioi-l  \u\^  liiilijcl)  iiioblioit  luoibcu   iin?  uor  Dcii  Aonftcni  ('•Httcr  or 
lialtni,  mif  ^cllc^  Mo  ^^kMiiobiior  'IMimioii  ,^icl)cii  fönncii. 

,\ii  ^or  I'litto  Dor  iiörMicl)Oii  .OauptAtinabo  an  tior  ('»iivuvD  ^'luoiiiio 
wax  oiiio  Iiilniiio  orrichtot  luorbon,  auf  iüolcl)om  bio  oiiuu'Iabonon  (^)äfto, 
bio  Aonrobnor,  bio  ^Jn^aiiitoii  boo  .s^oipitalo,  bio  'l>oaintoii  boo  Avauon^ 
.s>iIfo  ^Innoiiio  iiiib  bio  Tiatoiiiüon  in  iliror  floibfainon  Trad)t  ^^lab 
iiabiiiou.  l)ian  uoriaiiimolto  fid)  iin  .s>ofpitaI  iiiib  ':^o(\  bann  liiniibor 
nad)  bov  3tollo,  mo  bio  (^)rnnbftoinlocvini^  ftattfinbon  follto.  Sim':,  nad)  3 
Uln-  boiiann  bio  Aoior.  Too  Dhifif^sUn-po  t)i'Zy  .Storni  ^^l^ni.  S\a[\\i 
iinolto  dncn  (ilioval,  movauf  bio  uoroinii^toiu3äniun'  nntor  Voituiu^  boo 
A>orrn  a.  ^^iv  >\itn,H'l  .SvrouUoro  ,,Tao  ift  bor  ^ai^  boo  .s^orrn"  ,^nni 
-■Isortrai"?  braditon. 

.s^orr  T^r.  '^Jnt.  ,\.  OJuinii  loitoto  bann  bio  oiiiontlubo  Aoior  burd) 
oin  (hiebet  oin. 


(Oebct  ÜOU  9i-.  lU.  3.  ninnn. 

i^orr  ^r.  ^JJcann  bototc,  baf?  bor  Troioinit^o  Wott  mit  3einem 
3c(\(]\  boi^Ioiton  unb  friinon  mollo  bao  -^Lnnt,  ,^u  u)old)oni  in  biefen 
foiorlid)on  xHniionblicfon  bor  (^)rnnbftoin  foil  (\dc(\t  morbon;  baf?  (£-r  foip 
non  uioUo  bon  tonorn  ^)Jiann,  bom  (^)Ott  in  unorforfdjlidjor  Aiu]uni^  uioloo 
i]onommon,  auf  baf?  tS'r  il)m  niol  i^obo,  bor  anfo  nono  l)ior  foino  irbifdjcn 
Wiitor  bcm  Tienft  ber  i.'iebc  unb  (iTbanmuuii  inibmot  unb  fio  fomit  bem 
(^)obor  fclbft,  bom  (^)Ott  bor  I'iobo,  ,^urücft'(ibt ;  baf^  CS'ribn  lan^o  orbalten 
unb  frifd)  nnh  fröl)lid)  bio  ^isolionbunt^  biofoo  fd)önon  unb  cU'oHon  )Bcx'' 
feö  moUc  erlobon  laffon;  unb  bafi  CSr  foi^iou  mollo  unb  in  3einou  bei: 
ligen  Sdjut'i  nobmon  alio,  bie  an  biofem  :i^au  arbeiten  unb  mitmirfen, 
unb  3 einen  ^uten  (snnft  uerleiljon  alien,  bie  bereinft  (iter  uiel  Oiuteo 
genief^en  ober  lernen  werben  an  ber  .öanb  unb  in  ber  3d)ule  boo  einji^ 
ßon  ^:)Jteiftoro  (Sljriftuo,  an  3Inberen  Wutoo  ju  tl)nn  unb  I'iebe  ju  üben. 

hierauf  ^ielt  '^^aftor  l^x.  9L  Spätb  in  boutfdjor  3prad)e  folneube 
Acftrebe. 


Jlfbe  uon  ^x.  %.  SpntI). 

@eel)rte  ^reunbe !  Söir  finb  5u  feftlid)er  ©tunbe  I)ier  üerfmnmelt. 
'3)er  ^sräfibent  beö  ^eutfd;en  ^ofpitalö,  beffen  9kmen  in  ber  (s3efd)id)te 
ber  ^eutfd)en  in  ^:|>()i(abclpl)ia  unb  in  ber  @efd)id)te  ber  moljltl^atigen 
Ütnftalten  biefer  3tabt  für  immer  einen  (S-l)renpIai^  einnel)men  roirb,  {)at 
unö  (jierfiergelaben  jur  G5runbfteinloc^unii  eineö  grof5artii3en  33aueö,  ben 
feine  Liberalität  tjeplant  [)at,  unb  ber  ben  9Mmen  tragen  foil:  3) as 
Wart)  S.  S)rerel  §ome  unb  ^iafoniffen  =  9)hitter^au5  in 
^  t;  i  t  a  b  e  ( p  t)  i  a.  2öie  nun  ber  33ainneiftcr,  roo  immer  ein  ©runbftein  ge= 


legt  iDirii,  feinen  ']ilau  fertig  ()abeii  mills,  um  feiner  ond)e  geiuif?  ju 
fein,  maö  nnb  mie  er  bauen  mill,  mie  man  am  Tage  ber  ©ninbftein= 
legiing  fdjon  gerne  im  (^)eift  bac  fertige  iMIb  beo  'l^aueo  uor  fid)  auf= 
fteigen  fiebt,  ber  auf  (^irnnbmaner  nnb  (i'd'ftein  fid)  erbeben  foil,  fo  — 
fann  id)  mir  benfen,  —  möd)ten  bie  Ai'cunbe  alle,  bie  bier  bellte  ;^ufam= 
mengeftrömt  finb,  in  biefer  3tunbe  gern  ein  i-5ilb  bt^ben  von  bem,  maö 
bier  erfteben  foil.  äi>  a  ö  foil  ec  beim  werben,  mae  bicr  ge- 
baut loirb'^  'ii>aö  ift'ö  für  ein  ."oauö,  maö  für  eine  ^tnftalt,  maö  ibr 
'|>lan,  2>^d  nnb  •^merf,  bem  fie  bienen  foU'^  l'Uif  foldje  ?5^rage  mill  id) 
üerfud)en,  in  fur.^er,  fdjmiirflofer  ^h'ebe  bem  reblid)en  Arager  eine  reb= 
lid)e  '^Intinort  ,^u  geben. 

'ilHKi  foil  eci  bier  geben 'c"  —  -)tnn,  —  uier  einen  i^lid  auf  bie  ;]eid)- 
nung  unferQ  Jianmeifterci  geiuorfen,  mev  fid)  bie  Wrunbmauern  betrad)= 
tet,  mie  fie  nad)  Oft  nnb  'ii>eft  iinb  3iib  ibre  mäd)tigen  3(rme  aiiG= 
ftred'en,  ber  fann  einmal  frifd)meg  fagen :  G"  i  n  e  n  ft  a  1 1 1  i  d)  e  n 
'^üu  foil  t^a^j  geben,  ein  ,öaii6,  oon  einem  l!5ieutfd)en  gebaut, 
bae  felbft  ben  'Duirmorfäiilen,  ^erraffen  iinb  3^'^"^''^  ^i"^^  Wirarb 
College  gegenüber  fid)  mobl  feben  laffen  fann  unb  ha^  für  immer 
eine  ^i^fbe  biefer  Stabt  ber  33niberliebe  fein  roirb ;  einen  33au,  bei  bef ^ 
fen  3(nblicf  jeb^^ö  beiitfd)e  i^er^  in  freubiger  (£-rregung  fd)lagen  barf, 
eine  (S'bre  für  ben  beutfd)en  'Jcamen  in  biefiger  Stabt,  ein 
3eiigniQ,  mie  ein  gottgefegneter  T^eutfdjer  'i>bilabelpbirtö  feinen  l'anbs: 
leiiten  unb  äliitbürgern  511m  Segen  fid)  feigen  läfit. 

,3um  anbern:  )&a^  foil  ha^b  merben'^  (Sin  Tenfmal  treuer  Viebe,  ein 
©ebäd)tniöbau  ,^um  5(  n  b  e  n  f  e  n  e  i  n  e  r  e  b  e  l  n  Jv  i"  0.  u,  bie  felbft 
\i)v  Vebenlang  an  äöerfen  ber  'i-^armber,^igfeit  ibreö  .^perjeuQ  /freube  ge= 
f)abt.  ^bren  -)famen  foil  bie  .^eimftätte  tragen,  bie  im  meftlid)en  ^'{n- 
gel  biefes  ftattUdjen  iSam  ibr  Unterfommen  finben  mirb  ;  b  a  0  3)f  a  r  x) 
;3.  ^  r  e  r  e  l  ^  0  ni  e.  Köftlid)er  unb  foftbarer,  alö  bie  fd)önfte  (S"bren= 
faule  unb  ber  teuerfte  3}tarmor  über  ber  otätte  bes  Tobeci  unb  ber  -iser; 
roefung,  mirb  biefer  33au  t>m  'Jcamen  ber  m'au  fortpflan.^^en,  bereu  ©e^ 
bäd)tniQ  feinem  ©rünber  fo  roert  unb  beilig  iff  unb  bereu  @ebäd)tuiQ  er 
bamit  für  immer  ben  Teutfd)en  biefer  3tabt  mert  nnb  teuer  geinadjt. 

3Beiter:  'iisac  foil  baö  merben:  (S'in  'Jll  ten  beim  foU'ö  merben, 
in  meldjem  ebrbare,  moblbeleumunbete  :i^eutfd)e,  obue  Unterfd)ieb  beö 
©laubeuö  ober  ber  'Keligion,  Unterfommen  unb  treue  '^.^flege  finben  fol^ 
len  in  il)reii  alten  3:^agen.  Xev  eble  3}cann,  ber  felbft  nad)  OJotteö  /füb= 
rung  au  feinem  i'ebeuöabenb  allein  fte()t  nad)  mandjem  Sturm,  ber 
feineö  ^aufeö  'i^aum  entlaubt,  —  er  benft  mit  marmem,  fül)lenbem  i^er: 
sen  berer,  bie  in  il)ren  alten  STagen  nidjt  bloe  ben  fd)mer,^lidjen  l^Kürfblid 
laben  auf  baä,  maö  fie  bionieben  uerloren,  fonbern  ba^ii  nod^  bie  peiu; 
lid^e  ©orge:  SBo  finb  id)  Dbbad)  unb  ^^flege?  äBo  bleib  id),  ber  l)ei= 
matlofe,  freunblofe,  lebeuömübe,  einfaine  SBanberer?  (Sin  '^adj  über 
fein  fd^u^loö  ^«upt,  ein  raarmeä  '^ett  in  falter  i)iad)l,  ein  nal)rl)after 


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Jifd),  —  fill',  ciii  tiaiilid)  .Ociiii  iDiib  ihnen  hier  hciintot.     tiiii  xH  1 1  c  n 
h  0  i  111  1  0  I  I'o  111  c  r  b  0  n,  für  bas  ben  3tiftor  ^oiiicnbo  fci^ncn  lucrbon. 

Uiib  nod)  nniiuil :  '^.mio  )oll  bnö  lucrbon,  luoui  hier  bouto  bor  ('«h-unb: 
iinb  (i-duoin  aoloiU  unib ''!  (i"in  Tint"  o  ii  i  f  f  o  n  ^  Dc  ii  1 1  o  r  h  a  u  o 
loll'o  luorbon^  .vSicr,  in  biotem  öftlid)on  aUii^oI  foil  bio  3ttitto  orftohon, 
mo  bio  Tiiitoniffoii  or.iOt^on  niib  mionotnlbot  luorbon  iinb  mo  fio  ihre 
.Ooimat  hiihon  follon  furo  (\a\\^(  Vobon,  —  ohno  ooriu'n,  mohl  nerfonU. 
Tonn  bio  X-ik(\c  bor  I'dton  im  'Jdtonhoiiii,  bio  '^^floi^o  bor  .sUnbor,  monn 
untor  bom  I'Ktonhoiin  and)  oin  .Vvinborhojpital  oröffnot  mirb,  bio  "•^^fK\}0 
bor  .Svranfon  im  .s>ofpital  foil  biirdi  Tiafoniffon  cUMchohon.  Unb  mo 
(^)Ott  bor  .'oorr  3oinon  3c(\cn  {lUiU  i^ibt,  follon  oinmal  uon  hior  aiiö 
moitorhin  iihor  bioo  iU"ofu'  Vanb  Tiafoniffon  anonohon  ,yir  '|>flo(U'  «llor 
boror,  bio  bao  frommo  A-ranonhoi;^  unb  bio  .^arto,  fori"ifamo  Aranonhanb 
ill  foldioin  Tionft  unrufon  unb  foin  bobürfoii.  Tor  Tiafoniffonbionft  in 
bor  onaiuiolifchon  .Uird)0  ift  oino  uorhältniöinäHiiil  juiune,  für  uiole,  be; 
fonboro  in  iniforom  Vanbo,  (\a\^  frombo,  unbofannte  2nd)0.  (S'rft  oor 
oini(UMi  '-JiHH'bon,  am  ;2-2.  unb  '2H.  3optombor  hat  bas  orfto  Tiafoniffon= 
llinttorbaiiG,  ^u  .Haiforomorth  am  :")ihoin,  foin  fünf.iii^jähriiu'ö  Csubiläiim 
i^ofoiort.  '-iHiii  ihm  finb  alio  Tiafoniffoii-'lHnftaltcn,  beren  cg  nun  in 
Toiitfd)lanb  fo  üiele  flibt,  ontmcbor  biroft  aiiQi]Oivinc-ien  ober  bod)  an= 
lU'ro:!!  morbon.  3io  woUon  nadi  bom  "inirbilb  bor  alten  a).ioftoUfd)on 
;^oit  ben  Tionft  ber  Jvrauon  in  ber  .stird)o  ,^iim  (■\omeinon  :)tuljen  ori"\a= 
nifieron.  3io  mollen  bie  öan,^o  .Uraft  aiiöbauornbor  unb  hinc^'bonber 
Viobo  unb  Webiilb  boo  focjenanntcn  fd)mad)on  (*'}efd)lod)tö  in  hen  Tionft 
T offen  ftellon,  ber  nt'foinmen  ift,  nidit  baf5  (Sr  fid)  bionon  laffe,  fonbern 
ban  (S'r  bieno  iinb  (\dK  3 ein  Vebon  ,^u  einer  CSTlöfuiu";  für  isiole.  3o 
foil  beim  bor  Tiafoniffonbienft  oin  'Jlmt  in  ber  (siomoinbo  foin,  M<5  ben 
Tionft  bor  'lMU-inher,uc'\foit  an  ben  ^)(Otloibenben  alter  l^lrt  beforflt,  an 
ben  iHrinen,  ben  .Uleinen,  ben  '-Jsormabrloften,  ben  ('•Jofatlenon,  ben  i^xan- 
fen,  ben  Otiten  unb  'Unnfen.  Heber  HOoo  Tiafontffon  arbeiten  jetjt  in 
biofem  Tienfte  in  Teiitfd)lanb  iinb  im  Criont.  lUuf  hm  3d)lad)tfelbern 
beci  3dileGmitv-.Öolftoinfd)eii  (1H()4),  beci  böhmifdjon  (1H66)  nni)  bOQ 
bontfd):fran,^öfifd)en  .siriofleö  (187o — 7  1 ),  unter  hen  Wreneln  he^j  :i^om: 
barbomontG  uon  'Jlloranbrien,  in  (Sbolera=  unb  Typhuö^CS'pibemicn  unb 
an  uiel  taufenb  3tätten  uorbori^onen  ;,VuHinorö,  uon  benen  bie  'Jiselt 
nid)t5  mein,  haben  fie  fid)  erprobt  alci  ein  3ei"ton  luiii  oben,  alö  eine 
(■»iottecuiabo,  bie  in  ber  alten  beutfd)en  .s^^oimat  überall  banfbar  anorfannt 
mirb,  in  tirrf)lid)en,  roie  in  iinfird)lid)en  .streifen. 

:3ft  OG  beim  ein  'il'unbor,  nad)  ben  (5:rfahriinc]en  bie  man  in  hen  (e6= 
ten  ^ahr,iObnten  in  ben  .Soofpitälern  boo  'IsatorlanbG  mit  ber  Tiafoniffeu; 
fad)o  i^emadit  hat,  bau  bie  lliännor,  auf  boren  3d)iiltorn  Dornnoiionb 
baG  'ii>ohl  unb  (:)Obeihen  unfereö  Teutfd)on  ^ofpitalG  ruht,  ben  Webau; 
fen  faßten,  ben  Tiafoniffenbienft  f)ierl)er  511  üorpflaii^on,  in  ber  feften 
lloboru'iuiiiiiu^,  baf^  fio  bor  IHiiftalt  feinen  tu-ofjeron  Tionft  thun  fönnten. 


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aid  uioiui  fio  bicfoö  ."^nftitut  bier  cinbciiuifd)  inad)tcir^  Uiib  ,nad)bcin  fie 
ciiiiiial  ,^it  Mcfcr  (iinnd)t  unt)  bieioiii  (S'ntfd)lun  iicfomincii,  fdirittcn  [ic 
tiiit  iUMiiol)iitcr  CS'iuncvc  raftloci  uoruiävtci  jur  ti-iTeid)uiuj  beo  Sioleo.  ^^sin 
^s\\u\  I.SS4  faiucii  bic  erftoii  8d)U)oftern  uon  3fcrIo()u  l)ier  an  unb  feit 
I'tnfaiu]  18(SÖ  Huh  Me  erfteii  "l^robei^biueftern  bei  11110  eiiuuHreten  imb 
baben  and)  fo  treuUd)  auöt^batten,  oaf;  luir  nun,  troO  inand)ein  M 
iiiib  3u,  bao  eo  natitrlid)  babei  c'tibt,  etlid)e  ,iUian,^ii'i  Tiafoiüfieii  unb 
'Vvobeid)uieftern  [jabm. 

^c  iiu'br  mm  im  Vaiife  ber  leöteii  ,=(iuei  :3a()re  ben  leitenben  "OJiannern 
ber  Crinblicf  in  baö  "ilsefen  ber  Tiafoniffenfadie  fid)  erfd)l£if5  unb  bie 
Tracyueite  bee  odiritteö,  ben  fie  mit  ibrer  (iinfiibrunc■^  in  baci  I'anb  [(e^ 
tban,  um  fo  flarer  unb  fefter  ift  bei  ibnen  bie  Ueber,^euiiunc^  i^Miiorben, 
ha^j  bie  Tiatüniffenfad)e,  lucim  fie  inirtlid)  'llUirjel  faffen,  i^'beiben  unb 
i^rud)t  bringen  foil  für  unfer  ([aiv^ci  Sanb,  nid)t  ein  btofteö  3Inbängfel 
an  unfcrem  Teutfdien  .oofpital  fein  faim,  baf]  fie  ibr  eigeneö  .öt'ini, 
ibren  eigenen  'i-^au,  ibre  eigene  iun-uialtung  baben  nuif?,  um  fid)  frei  in 
ibrer  tSigenart  entmideln  unh  für  ibre  üerfd)tebenen  3{rbeit5felber  bie 
Diüfoniffen  auöbilben  ,^u  fönnen. 

■  Sqö  ^eutfdje  ^ofpital  bat  feinen  diaum  unb  ift  nid)t  ber  ']>[a^  für 
3^iafoniffenfd)ülerimien  unb  "probefdiiüeftern,  bie  für  alle  ;^iueige  ber 
3)iafoniffenarbeit  b^rangebilbet  werben  follen.  Sao  ^ofpital  bat  feinen 
9iauin  für  bie  bienftunfabigen,  alterefdimadjen  Siafoniffen,  bie  if)r 
I'eben  für  biefen  Sienft  geraeibt  baben  unb  mm  ein  ,§ elm  baben  muffen 
im  ^)Jiutterf)auö,  mo  fie  obne  Sorgen  ibren  A'^ißtabenb  .snbringen.  Sao 
Seutfdie  .*pofpital  ift  uermöge  feiner  gan?,en  ^ikrfaffung  unb  C^h'unbar: 
tifel  nid)t  ber  Crt  ju  einer  Siafoniffenanftalt,  in  ber  ein  auc3gefprod)en 
d)riftlid)er  ©eift  mit  beftimmtem,  flarem  Ton  unb  entfd)iebener  ?yarbe 
berrfdien  mufi,  menu  fie  ibre  3hifgabe  erfüllen  foil.  Sao  .iQofpital  ah 
fold)eö  bat  feinen  religiöfen  ober  fonfeffionellen  (ibarafter,  meber  in  fei= 
nm  Kranfen,  nod)  in  feiner  'Isermaltung.  Sie  Siafonifienanftalt  aber 
ift  eüangelifd)=lutberifd)en  '-öefenntniffee.  [^l)x  gan,ieö  OJebeiben  ru 
auf  ber  (S-ntfd)iebenbeit,  ^sunigfeit  unb  Sreue,  momit  ein  berjlirfjer 
(^jlaube  gepflegt  mirb,  alö  bie  treibenbe  .Hraft  allec  Sienfteö  ber  üiebi' 
unb  i^armber,^igfeü.  :)(ebmt  ibr  bac  meg,  fo  nebmt  ibr  ber  Siafonif-- 
fenfad)e  baö  ^^erj  unb  übergebt  fie  bem  fid)eren  Sobe. 

Sarnm  bie  i^  a  p  e  1 1  e,  bie  mir  auf  bem  '^Uane  iu  ber  ^Hiitte  biefes 
ftattlid)en  ^aueö  erblicfen.  ©in  Ö  0 1 1  e  5  f)  a  u  ö  ift'ö,  ma§>  bier  mer^ 
ben  foil,  jum  •^eid)en  unb  ^CHgnio,  baB  ber  iöegrünber  biefer  3(nftalt, 
ben  mir  mit  J-reuben  alö  unferen  Siafoniffenuater  uerebren,  nid)t  in 
bie  Vuft  bauen  mill,  fonbern  auf  ben  guten,  feften  ©runb  eüangelifdjen 
©laubeuQ,  auf?er  bem  nienmnb  einen  anberen  legen  faun  unb  ber  alleüi 
unferem  beutfdjen  isaterlanb  feine  Saufenbe  uon  bingebenben  unb  am- 
bauernben  Siafoniffen  gegeben.  ^JJtit.bem  alten,  guten  oprud)  tritt  er 
tjeran  an  biefeö  äßerf:  „^d)  unb  mein  i^aus  loollen  bem  i^errn  bie= 


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lu'n."  Taniiii  Dao  A>orUiltitt  im  i\a\\  bao  (^Jottoohaiio,  mit  (""iottco 
Dicni't  lm^  (^iottco  '^öovt ;  unter  ihm  boo  .Oauptportal,  biird)  bao  bior 
alley  lUio  iiiib  oiiu^cbon  foil ;  iilnn-  ihm  bcr  fchUiiife  l^urm,  oiii  A-iiuun-= 
U'iil  imd)  oben  .iU  Tom,  an  Doi'ioii  2i\vn  allcci  lU'loiU'ii  iinö  in  bciion 
hoiliiioiii  '.H'amcii  hciito  bcr  Cicfftciii  ^\cW^]^  wivh.  3 ein  Sdmt^  uiib 
3d)inii  iihor  alle,  bio  baraii  arhcitoii!  3cin  3ciumi  u^^  ('»Jcboihoii  ,ut 
Dom  (uonoii  '-Jl^orf,  bao  hier  hciutnncii  ift,  M\]  3tcin  an  3tein  ud)  fiiiU' 
iiiiii  fcftci;  ^^Miii,  bor  '^Jiiib  lm^  '■^i^cttcr  trolU.  Ci'r  fdiciifo  oo  unci  alien, 
bofo^^ln•o  ^cm  oMcn  3tiftcr  ^io1'cr  ^'tiiftalt,  bau  mir  nad)  c^liicflidicr 
"inillonbinu^  ^ccl  ^^niuoo  mitoinaiibcr  oiiiiiobcn  uwh  ben  .vScrrn  proifon  für 
Dcio,  iiuK.  (i"r  (^ctban.  Un^  ^um  ftcton  Aorttuini^  ^cc.  i^Iiidlid)  bonon 
ucnon  äiiüoron  '-J^ancö  fd)cnfo  Ci'r  u\\<ö  tum  rcd)to  innere  (">)ebeiben  unfe- 
rer  heiligen  3ad)e,  baf?  baci  X'iafoniffen='JDiutterhauö  in  '^UiilabeUihia 
oil!  nie  uerfiet^Miber  Cuell  merbe,  aw^j  bem  3  ei"\enGftrbme  anoi'iehen 
über  bac  (\^^\\r^c  Vanb,  ein  ;^euivnci,  baf?  ber  alte  ('>)Ott  nod)  lebt,  bau 
ber  alte  (^Uaube  nod)  liebt  nnb  '^lUniben  bcilt  nnb  jTbranen  trocfnet  unb 
—  bie  'ii^elt  überminbet.     ^aö  malte  ('<)Ott! 

Taranf  triu";en  bie  nereininten  3äniu'v  mit  Crd)efter='ikgleituiu^ 
'^leethoueno:  ,,T'ie  i^immel  nil)men  bee  Crmit^en  Crhre"  Dor.  Tann 
fohlte  bie  eniUifcl)o  Aeftrebe  non  4>r.  (^J.  a'-  .Urotel,  '^^aftor  ber  enc|U: 
fd}en:lnth..^rinitatiG^.SUrd)e  .^u  :)ccm  ^J)orf. 


tfnijillfrijc  Xcllrcbr  oon  |lnlloi  Ilr.  (0.  ?.  Ilrotrl. 

Weeljrte 'l^erfammelte !  Ter  'JJtann,  ben  mir  alle  uIg  ben  Wrünber 
^^shrer  otabt  fennen,  hat  fur  biefelbe  and)  il)ren  'Jfamen  geroöt)lt.  @r 
fanb  benfelben  im  'Jienen  Teftament  ale  ben  'Jiamen  einer  ber  fieben 
3täbte,  uon  benen  in  ber  Cffenbarnnt]  3t.  ^o'lanniG  bie  :~Kebe  ift.  (Sr 
muHte  mohl  (\cnu(\,  marinn  er  biefen  'Jcamen  wählte.  „'^Uiilabelphia" 
ift  ein  äBort,  baö  nid}t  nur  bem  Cljre  mohl  lautet,  fonbern  and)  einen 
i^u' fdiönen  3iun  l)at  —  33ruberliebe.  3ein  "ÜUuifch  roar,  eine 
3tabt  ^u  (-irünben,  in  roeldjer  briiberUdie  Viebe  ,^u  .'piiiife  märe  unb 
beohalt''  uuihlte  er  einen  ')iamen,  ber  bao  aller  iln'lt  funb  thnn  follte. 

(St  rou^te  red)t  mohl,  mae  baG  '.!i>ort  33ruberliebe  ,su  betieuten  habe, 
benn  er  mar  audi  ein  ^sünger  unb  ein  3d)üler  boG  -ÜioifterG  unb  ^errn 
OiOfuG  GhriftuG.  Unb  og  mag  hier  roohl  beinerft  merben,  bafe  er  biefe 
brüberlid)e  Viebe  red)t  beutlid)  auG  Vid)t  ftellte,  alG  er,  um  üon  feiner 
herrlid)en  amerifanifdjen  '|>roinn,3,  'i^efil^  jU  nehmen,  über  baö  3)ieer 
50g.  3iH-ihrenb  jener  langen  imb  benfroürbigen  Aal)rt  brad)en  auf  bem 
3diiffe  „'iiH'lcome"  bie  -^sorfen  ano  luiter  ben  ^\)iitreifenben.  T'a  roar 
il>illiam  %^cnu  Tag  unb  ^1(ad)t  unermübet,  ben  .Slranfen  unb  l'eibenben 
fid)  hilfreid)  ,^u  erroeifen.  9Jiit  eigenen  ^änben  ging  er  an  ben  Tieuft 
ber  i'iebe  unb  feine  Oiegeuroart  unb  feine  äßorte  ronrben  nid)t  nur  ben 


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S^ranfen,  fonbcrn  allen,  bie  [id)  in  bent  fd)iüimineuben  ^ofpitale  befan= 
ben,  ,^11111  Seiten. 

\lnh  in  biejeiu  Weifte  tmt  er  an  biefe  ('•jeftabe,  mo  fd)on  CSl)ri[ten  am 
(Sd)roeben  benfelben  ©eift  hmb  getl)an  t)atten ;  benn  aiid)  fie  erfannten 
benfelben  ^errn  an,  beffen  3(nfnnft  auf  Crrben  uerfiinbete:  (S1)re  fei 
©Ott  in  ber  .Oöbe,  Ai'it'be  auf  (S'rben  nub  ben  Dfeufdien  ein  '-llHil)(i^e= 
fallen! 

^ier  im  fd)önen  '|>ennfi)lüanien,  in  biefer  3tabt  ber  'i^rnberliebe 
inaren  bie  Sinfönnnlint'ie  au^:>  jebeni  l\inbe  milltünnnen.  ."oier  mar  ibnen 
eine  freie  .öt'iniftätte  auc'iehoten,  in  ber  fie  alle  in  trieben  ^ufanuiuMi= 
raol)neu  unb  nad)  beftein  'liUffen  unb  Gieiöiffen  ©ott  bienen  follt«n. 
Uiib  fie  famen  unb  fanien  in  ftetä  fid)  nief)renber  3ln5al)l  unb  mm  bau= 
ten  fie  (}ier  biefe  @tabt,  in  ber  eö  an  ßt'iupüffen  unb  T^enfmalen  ber 
23ruberliebe  nid}t  fet)lt  unb  bie  barin  ibren  :')iul)m  (}at. 

Unb  naä)  ber  i'enhmg  ber  gi^ttlid^en  'isorfel)unci  fügte  eö  fid),  ^a)]  ge^ 
rabe  biefe  Stabt  uon  alien  anbern  im  I'anbe  auöerlefen  uuir  ,ium  %kx' 
fammlungövlat3  ber  ä)?änner,  bie  alo  'l^ritber  auö  ben  uerfd)iebeneu  Mo^ 
lonialproüin^en  l)ier  fid)  uereinigten  ,^ur  i^eratung  unb  jum  gegenfeitigen 
3(nfd)luB,  il)r  guteö  ')^ed)t  ,^u  umbren  nnh  ,^u  uerteibigen.  öior  mar  eö, 
TOO  fie  fid)  in  ber  Uiu-ibbängigfeitö  ;  (STflärung  einigten,  unb  l)ier 
nmrbe  jene  (\a\V:)  auöc]e5eid)nete  ."^^onftitution  entmorfen,  unter  ber  biefeo 
gro^e  unb  freie  'Isolf  nun  fd)on  fo  lange  fein  ©liirf  fanb.  Hub  gan,^ 
natiirlid)  unb  äuf5erft  paffenb  mar  eö,  bafe,  alö  unfer  'i^olf  ^u  fünf,^ig 
äliillionen  freier  33ürger  l)erangeroad)fen  raar,  f)ier  in  biefer  Stabt  ber 
33ruberliebe  baö  erfte  G:inl)unbertja()rfeft  feiner  Ciiiftenj  gefeiert  umrbe. 

3m  iiauf  ber  ]^ai)xe  traben  fid)  ©lieber  üerfd)iebener  'JJatiouen  l)ier 
in  biefer  Stabt  5u  äßerfen  ber  l'iebe  unb  'i^armberjigfeit  uereinigt,  unb 
bie  3lnftalten,  bie  biefem  'ILMrfen  bienen,  gel)ören  ,^u  ben  ebelften,  bie 
TOir  befitum.  T'ort  jenfeitö  ber  ©irarb  ^luenue  fteben  biefe  imbeln  'i^au^ 
ten,  ein  bleibenbeö  X^enfmal  für  hm  freigebigen  l^iann,  ben  3ol)n  beci 
fc^önen  unb  fonnigen  l'anbeö,  bem  ber  beutige  Tag  (ber  1 1.  'Jcouember) 
oon  befonberer  '^ebeutung  ift.  Hub  ber  '■-J^oben,  auf  bem  mir  ftel)en, 
trägt  feit  ^abren  eine  iKuftalt,  gegrünbet  uon  beutfd)en  '-IMirgern  '^U)ila= 
belpbiaci,  um  au  ben  .Üranfen  jeber  religiöfen  Ueber^^nigung  unb  jebeci 
isolfeö  Viebe  ^u  üben.  Unb  l)eute  mirb  eben  biefer  'l^oben  einer  an= 
bern  3lnftalt  ^um  T'ienft  gemeibt,  in  bereu  geräumigen  lHiauern  alte  \inh 
fd)mad)e  9^iitbrüber  unb  '}Jiitfd)meftern  eine  ,öeimflätte  finben,  traute 
.Hinber  gepflegt  merbeu  foUen  unb  bie  .^ugleid)  ein  Hhitterbauci  ,^ur  'biU 
bung  üon  3)iafüniffeufd)meftern  fein  foil,  3d)meftern,  geid)  jenen,  bieba 
je^t  bei  unö  ftel)en  unb  bereits  il)re  ©efd)id'lid)feit,  Treue  unb  Viebe 
bort  jenem  ^ofpital  in  ben  Tieuft  ftellten.  3old)e  3d)meftein  follen 
{)ier  il)re  tST,^iel)ung  finben,  uid)t  nur  in  ^ofpitälern  unb  '^isaifenbäufern, 
fonbern  and)  in  ben  Greifen  ber  Familien  ju  roirfen;  ein  äliutterbauo. 


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ill  iiiold)Oo  fii'  beinifoliiYii  iiunu'ii,  uhmiii  im  Tioiift  ^cl■  '^^arinluTii\^fcit 
iliro  .strafte  uoiiClnl  u^^. 

'JlH'r  unter  imo  hätte  nid)t  ^ell  iluiineii  a  1  o  r  e  ii  c  e  Ti  i  lU)  t  i  n  i^  a  I  e 
lU'hört,  ben  ^Jüimeii  jener  ebeln  eni^lifd)en  Aran,  bie  fid)  nad)  .staifcrQ- 
iiiertl)  in  Teutfd)lan^  uuinbte,  mm  wo  ^uerft  biefe  neuen  euaiuu'lifdien 
Tiafoniffen  aucnuuiu'n,  um  bort  für  jeiu'  Tienfte  unter  ^en  3ol^aten 
im  .SvrimfrieiU'  fid)  norMihereiten,  burd)  iiield)e  ihr  :)ianu'  in  jebeö  .s5auo 
in  (\an^  ('«hoübritannien  unb  rubmuoll  burd)  bie  'ilnlt  lU'traiien  iinirbe':' 
^^l^nnbern  mir  uno  nid)t,  baf^  baö  eni^lifd)e  tk)lt  fünfMiUi^nfenb  'i>fnnb 
3terliii(i  ^ufaunnenletUe  unb  biefelben  ihr  ,ium  ;^eid)en  feineo  Tanfec 
barlnadite.  Wni)  munbern  mir  uno  auri)  bariiber  nid)t,  baf?  Alorenee 
'Jiiiihtiiuvüe  fid)  meii^ertc,  biefe  Summe  für  il)re  '^^erfon  an,!,unel)men, 
fLUibern  fie  Äur  ('»h-ünbuni-\  einer  '-IMlbuiuKmnl'talt  für  .H raufen pfleiV'rin 
wen  i'tiftete. 

(''H'rabe  ,^um  ^^mecf  ber  '-iMlbuni^  fold)er  Tiatoniffen  foil  hier  bieo 
l)iutterhauG  errid)tet  merben.  ii>ürbe  bie  ^eit  t^eftattcn,  id)  tonnte 
nid)tö  'iU'ffcres  tt)un,  alo  hier  in  eni^(ifd)er  Sprnd)e  ju  mieberholen, 
mao  mein  "inirrebner,  .yerr  Dr.  Spät!),  in  fo  aucuie,ieid)neter  4i>eife 
über  biefeo  ^'suftitut,  ha^i  T^iafoniffenmefen,  in  beutfd)er  3prad)e  ciefapt 
hat. 

äl>ir  fiub  heute  hier  uerfannuelt,  um  oeui^en  ber  Wrunbfteinlet^uurt 
eines  SBauee  5u  fein,  in  beffcn  ^DJauern  bie  ine()rfeitioien,  c\efeflneten 
;^mecfe  ber  Tiafoniffcnfad)e  f ollen  nerfolgt  werben.  Ter  Wiann  luirb 
ben  (*i}runbftein  (ei^'u,  ber  mehr  alö  alle'Jlnbern  baju  bas  erfte  unb  wolle 
:)ied)t  hrtt,  ber  ^)3iann,  beffen  freii^ebigem  (2iini  hm  .öofpital  bereitö  fo 
uieles  '^n  uerbanten  l)at  unb  ber  nun  and)  biefeu  neuen  c^roBartiiien  '^au 
aufführen  läf5t,  beffen  iHnfänge  bereite  oor  unö  ftel)en.  ')iid)t  nad)  fei= 
lu'in  ^liamen  foil  ber  'l^au  beuainit  werben,  fonbern  alö  ein  Tenfmal  foil 
er  baftehen  für  i'ie,  bie  feine  3 eele  liebte;  für  fie,  bie  treue  Wenoffin 
feiner  Vebenöfahrt  burd)  fo  mand)e  ^'i^^e.  ^^hre  3tabt  ber  'i^ruber= 
liebe,  meine  Areunbe,  bie  .^eimat  meiner  .Hnabenjahre,  bie  3tabt,  bie 
id)  nod)  heute  liebe,  hat  maud)eö  eble  Tenfmal,  mand)e  herrlid)e  )}Uv- 
ftalt  ber  '-i-^armher,sic"(feit,  aber  fo  weit  meine  .sienntnici  reid)t,  mai^e  id) 
^u  iac\m,  t^ai]  ^sin'C  otabt  in  ihrem  ganzen  weiten  Uinfaui-;  nid)t  ein 
ein.^ißeö  ,*oäuferüiertel  aufjuweifen  l)at,  auf  beffen  ^)i*aum  fid)  fold)e 
unb  fo  uiele  wohlthäticu'  'Jlnftalten  ,^ufannnenfinben,  alö  fid)  halb  auf 
biefem  ebeln  Alerfe  )oerben  fehen  laffen  —  ein  i^ro^eö  .N?ofpital  unb 
lUHir  unter  ber  ']>flei-(e  foUher  tTiafoniffen,  eine  .s^einuit  für  'i->etaiite  unb 
unb  3d)wad)e,  eine  X^fk\]Q  für  franfe  .S\iuber,  ein  iliutterhauo  für  eoan^ 
(U'lifd)e  Tiafoniffen. 

'ÜMr  hrtben  Urfad)e,  bem  lieben  Wott  für  biefeu  fo  c-|ünftiiien  Tai^, 
für  biefeö  „.Uaiferwetter,"  wie  bie  Teutfd)en  eo  heifu'u  loürben,  ,^u 
banfen.  Unb  mir  haben  Urfad)e,  ^^hn  ,^u  bitten  um  3einen  Setzen, 
bafj  bies  eble  :Ü>erf  möge  bis  ju  feiner  'i>ollenbuntj  i^lüdli^  l)inauöge; 


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füf)rt  uicrbcii  uu^  bau  Ci'v  bciii  tciicvii  'JJcaime,  bcv  Mcfcn  '-iMiu  ciTid)tet, 
.@cfiinM)cit  imb  .Hvaft  ucrlcilien  luollc,  iüd)t  luiv  in  baolclbo  ciii,^utretcn, 
fouberii  iiicle  ^aijvc  liiuburd)  fellift  uoii  t)cr  fncMid)cii,  i\H]encuTid)cu  '^K^ix- 
fung  einer  Slnftnlt  ^m(\c  .^u  fein,  öie  ein  3et"ien  für  '^Uiilabelphia  iinb 
baö  cian,ie  l'anb,  eine  (S'hre  für  ben  Dentfd)en  ^)cameii  unb  ein  l^enfinal 
nid)t  mir  ber  ahui,  beren  :)ianien  biefelbe  trätet,  fonbern  aud)  ibreo  ('«)e= 
matilö  fein  roirb,  beffen  liebenbe  ('')efinunni^  ben  '-l^an  errid)tet  unb  ibr 
gu  (Sbren  benannt. 

2)arauf  nerlas  .öerr  .Honful  "OJceDer  bie  Vifte  ber  3d)riften,  bie  in 
ben  Ch'unbftein  gelec'^t  lunrben,  luie  folgt:  » 

1 .  X'er  :^^srt()reöberid)t  bes  '4>eutfd)en  .öofpitalö  für  bao  ,>ibr  1 884, 

2.  ^itto  für  btiQ  ,"sabr  1885. 

3.  ,3abreciberid)t  ber  T)eutfd)en  (s3efellfd)aft  für  bac  ^"^sabr  1885. 

4.  ^Jslan  bes  (^iebänbeö  üon  'J(rd)iteft  &.  .Slnod)e. 

5.  i^ur^e  ßefd)id)te  ber  (Sinfübrnng  ber  ^iatoniffen  in  '^Unlabel; 
pbia  von  CSbae.  -ö.  ^Dfein'r,  3efretär  beö  Tiafoniffen=.sUimiteeci. 

6.  '^sböbe,  bie  Tinfoniffin,  non  '^.Miftor  Tr.  'Jl.  opätt). 

7.  (Sine  bentfd)e  i^ibel. 

8.  Gremplare  oon  encjlifd)en  nnb  oentfd)en  ^titnngen  ber  Stobt 
''lß[)ilabelp()ia. 

9.  ;i'aQ  '^.U-ogrannu  ber  Aeier  ber  Wrunbfteinleonng  felbft. 

'Jhtn  trat  ^err  3-  '^-  Vanfenau  nor,  um  bie  feierlid}e  Wrnnbfteinle-' 
gung  felbft  ^u  üoll5iel)en.     CS'r  tl)at  bie  brei  i^am!nerfd)läge  unb  fprad) : 

,,^ni  5?anien  beö  breieinigen  ©otteö  lege  id)  l)iermit  ben  Örunbftein  ju 
biefem  Cskbäube  nnb  nenne  eö  baö  Wavi)  ^s-  Tre^-el  5>eini  unb  ^^sl)ila= 
belpbia^SOiutterbauö  für  Tiafoniffen.  i^iöge  ber  Segen  beö  lHllmäd)ti= 
gen  auf  biefem  'i^au  unb  beni  Unternebmen  ruben,  bannt  eo  madife 
unb  gebeil)e  §u  Seiner  (S'bre." 

^err  ^sol)n  (S.  ^ile,  ^^^räfibent  ber  Teutfd)en  (>iefeltfd)aft,  trat  bann 
nor  unb  bielt  folgenbe  3tnfprad)e: 

^nCprndjf  iies  l)rirn  C«ol)n  (T.  l-ilf. 

:^snt  ::)(anien  ber  Teutfd)en  ©efellfd)aft  uon '•^^ennfijloanien,  bie  eö  aUö 
grof?e  (S'bre  erad)tet  bat  unb  ftetö  erad)ten  inirb,  baft  uiele  beratenbe 
'iserfannnluugen  ,^nni  'i^eften  beö  Tentfd)en  .s^ofpitalG  in  ibrer  .s^alle 
ftattgefnnben  Ijaben  ; 

^m  Tumun  aller  0)efellfd)aften,  i>ereine,  Öenieinben  unb  .Hörper^ 
f(i)aften  biefer  Stabt  unb  biefeö  Vanbeö,  beren  Streben  bie  ®obltbä-- 
tigfeit  ift ; 

3nt  ')ianien  beci  Teutfd)tuiiiö  ber  Stabt  ber  'iiruberliebe  nnb  bec 
•ganzen  l^anbeö; 

^sm  '}tanten  ber  (iinmobner  '^sbilabelpbiaö  unb  unfereö  ganzen  l'an= 


IH 

^oo  iinmicl)0  id)  von  (\a\\^c]n  .OcruMi,  baf;  ^0l•  rcid)0  ('•Jottcö^SotUMi  ,,11 
jo^cv  ^)Cit  lm^  fill-  alio  ;)Citi'ii  auf  Mcfo  cMc  '^inililthot  fliiMU'  iinb  öcr 
Ariobo  auf  ihr  ruhe,  uiib  bau  3ccu'ii  i^'ö  borfolbcu  ^or  l)(Oufd)l)oit  ent= 
finicno. 

Tor  ::Hlluator  iiii  aMmumoI  tiuiiu'  00  iu  3oincr  ('«hiabo  Dcri^önnoii,  t>a\\ 
Dor  lioho  A-rouub  uiib  "•^öo  1)1  that  or,  bor  Don  ('»iruubftoiu  c\c[(\\t  bat,  mit 
oiiUMiou  :'luiU"H  bio  "iHilloiibuiui  boc  '^iH'rt'oG  unb  boii  3.C(\cn  fd)auon  uiiD 
foil!  .Oor,^  barau  orfrouon  \m\)  orquicfoii  fauu.     Tao  lualto  (">)Ott! 

.'öiorauf  on^riff  nod)  ."oorr  ,"\of.  '^sattorfou,  "-^U-äfibont  bor  ilH'ftoru 
^)iatianal-''i^anf  unb  laut^jälniiun'  Arouub  boö  .Storni  ^oim  T.  Vaiifonau, 
bao  '^i>ürt  unb  l)iolt  in  oiu^lifd)or  3prad)o  fohionbo  :)iobo: 

llföf  brs  "{jrriii  jofcpl)  j-Litlrrfoii. 

'^l^ir  finb  ooutu'u  bor  ("'h'uiibftoinloi^uni^  oinoö  "^lauoö  (UMuofon,  bor 
foinon  Urfpruui^  unb  foino  'lioftinnmuu^  für  bio  uionfd)onfrounblid)fton 
^luod'o  in  bor  Aroit^obii^foit  oinos  '^Mircu'rö  unforor  3tabt  finbot,  ber 
nid)t  nur  a,av  roid)lid)  auö  foinon  'JUfittoln  fjoc'iobon  bat,  fonborn  and)  feit 
Aabron  ,^oit,  Wobanfon  unb  .Slraft  ber  3(uQbobnuni'\  bor  tu'foc^noton  'iisirf^ 
fanit'oit  boö  Toutfd)on  .v>ofpitaIci  uiibmot. 

/,d)  bin  mit  bor  ort]roifonbon  (^Jofd)id)to  uui)  ibron  (iin^olboiton,  mit 
3eit  unb  Uniftänbon,  bio  jur  li:rrid)tunii(  biefoQ  i^auoQ  loitoton,  fo  lüobl 
bofanut,  baf?  id)  nid)t  umbin  fonnto,  bom  'ii>unfd)0  .s^errn  Vanfcnauä  ju 
ontfprod)on  unb  oinit^o  'iisorto  ^u  fac^'n,  obiuobl  id)  ju  bom  boreitc  "Bc- 
fanntou  faum  ottnac  boifi'uion  fann,  nod)  baci  ^»"t^'roffo  an  bom  'ii^orfo 
,^u  nu1)ron  im  ftanbo  bin. 

Unter  bon  jot3iiiien  'i^erbäItniffen  bes  inbiüibuellon  unb  fo.^ialen  Ve= 
bono  tritt  00  am  Vid)t,  ha]]  bom  ^Dtenfd)on  jetU  ciröf^oro  Areibeit  beö 
Tonfono  uuh  .s^anbolnci  iit'^i^i'iit  ift,  alö  biOQ  in  friiboron  3**iten  ber 
Aall  mar.  ^»t'bor  taini  fid)  freier  bio  barnobotonon  '^sorteilo  .^u  '}iut3 
inad)on  unb  fo  biit  fid)  überall  eine  juuor  nid)t  i]ofannto  (Snorciio  unb 
Tbcitic^feit  ontmidelt,  froilid)  and)  ein  ©eift  beö  eiferfüd)tic|en  rKingenö 
unb  3trobonö  unb  mand)erlei  Mollij'ionon  bleiben  nid)t  am,  bio  jener 
3elbftfud)t  ontfprintUMi,  bio  luir  ju  fobr  bio  noroaltii^^  Tbatfraft  unferer 
3eit  iufpiriert. 

Tie  öffontlid)o  'Dioinuni^  unb  bie  '^sroffe  läf?t  00  ber  (i'nori;;io,  mit  bor 
Die  materiellen  3d)ät3e  uuferoG  Vanbcö  auöc^ebentet  luerben,  an  i'obeö; 
erbebuni-\en  nid)t  foblon.  'liMr  finb  ftol,^  auf  biofen  'Kubm  unfercr  S^it. 
Unb  in  bor  Tbat,  fo  moit  ift  baci  alloc  rod)t  unb  c^it,  aber  — bieö  ift 
bod)  nid)t  alles,  mas  bao  Voben  forbert  unb  bietet.  iiMtbrlid)  eö  ift  ein 
Oilüd,  baf5  neben  ben  V'euten,  meld)e  unfore  (^)ebinie  mit  ibrem  Wölbe 
burd)boren,  unfere  gemalticien  3tri3mo  übcrbrüdon  unb  bie  i^erne  nnä  in 
bie  'Juibo  briui^'H,  and)  anboro  'Duiiuior  unb  Arauen  fteben,  in  ebler, 
ans  !i.''id)t  tretenbor  2uijon.b  iuül)re  unb  uiarme  'Dienfd;enliebe  üben,  in 


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l)at  unb  i'eben  baö  ßuaiu^ieUum  ber  33riiberHebe  prebiöen  iinb  unter 
nm  unb  in  unferer  ßeit  burd)  Hjvcn  'iisanbel  bic  füft(id)en  I'efjren  beö 
grofsen  ^JKnfterö,  ber  burd)  bie  ©trafen  ^enifaleniö  unb  an  ben  Ufern 
bee  C)aliläiid)en  ^Jccereö  luanbelte,  in  bao  fd)önfte  Vid)t  fteKen. 

Unferer  eit^encn  3tabt  fef)It  ec  nid)t  an  T^enfnia(en,  bie  fie  if)ren 
2ßoI)(t(iätern  uorban!t.  Werabe  jel3t  ftebt  nor  unferen  '^(utien  bas  C^Hrarb; 
©olleiie,  ber  'Imui  in  ben  fdiönen  Linien  (^ried)ifd)er  3(rd)iteftur,  fleciriin; 
bet  burd)  ben  '-Ij^illen  eines  reid)en  .Slaufniamiö  unferer  ^eit  in  nerc^nnc-te= 
neu  :^stif)ren.  Zs^\  uninitteUmrer  'Juutbini^tnft  non  unö  fte()t  ha^:>  House 
of  Refugv  unb  Preston  Retreat  nnt)  l)in  uub  luieber  finben  fid)  in  uu: 
ferer  otabt  9(n)"talten,  bie  I'id)  ber  an  3tuc^en,  O^ren,  .£)alö  unb  anberen 
©liebem  I'eibenben  annehmen  unb  nuf5erbeni  tuirb  burd)  bie  .soanb  ber 
2Bol)It()äti(^feit  in  freunblid)cr  unb  uerftcinbiciier  2Beife  aikn  niö(ilid)en 
I'eiben  unb  Sorben  beö  ^D(enfd)enlebenci  entt]et^entiear(ieitet. 

^n  anberen  i'änbern  unb  and)  in  unferem  luerben  gro^e  ^)ieid)tüiner 
oft  nur  ba^u  uerinenbet,  unt  in  anffaKenber  2Beife  einjelne  'iperfouHc^: 
feiten  in  it)rer  33ebeutunc]  befonberö  i^lciu.^enb  beruortreten  ju  (affen. 
33ei  uns  ru()t  aber  (\av  inand)c  luobltbätii^e  lUnftalt  auf  ber  Okbe  eineö 
reid)en  '-Bürc^crö  unb  fein  cUän,^enbi"teö  ©cfolcje  finb  bie,  bie  burd)  itjn 
bent  (S'lenb  unb  ber  ^trmut  entriffen  unirben.  Sein  föft(id)fteG  '^Jioiui-- 
nient  ift  ein  i^auö  ber  33arntber^vgfeit. 

Unter  fold)en  3(nfta(ten  in  unferer  Stabt  bat  fid)  ha^j  Teutfd)e  .£»0= 
fpital  in  feiner  nod)  nid)t  lani]en  Wefd)id)te  ah  ciuilerft  mobltbätiß  ber= 
oorgetban.  Seine  ciefamte  StuQriiftunc^  für  bie  33ei)anbUuu"(  ber  .Hranfen, 
iiknnunbeten  unb  Sd)niad)en  nuifs  eö  ber  öffentlid)en  'löertf d)ä6unt3  unb 
unb  Jeilnabnie  in  aucu]e^eid)netent  Örabe  empfeblen. 

'^k  '^lnfäni"\e  uou  '-Bauten,  bie  beni  5ffentlid)en  'JÖobf  ciiemibniet  ilnb, 
roerben  ijemöbnlid)  bei  iHnläffen,  wie  ber  ge^enuiartit^e  ift,  beut  '^Nubli= 
fum  5ur  Kenntnis  gebrad)t  unb  ,^ug(eid)  wirb  auf  bie  3wec!e  bingeiuiefen, 
benen  biefelben  bicnen  follen.  ^sd)  fd)Iief^e  niid)  an  biefe  Sitte  an,  obne 
baB  id)  enuartcn  fann,  irgenb  etuias  ,^u  fagen,  maö  bier  neu  luäre  ober 
ber  5tnftalt  felbft  in  ben  Stugen  aUer  Öegeniuärtigen  t)i3l)ere  33ebeutung 
5u  geben  uerntöd)te. 

^efc^tc^t«?  bei>  ^cutfc^cn  ^ofpxtafip. 

D()ne  Sivfifcl  ift  bie  @efd)id)te  bes  ^eutfd)en  .öofpitalö  allen  3ln-- 
roefenben  befannt  genug. 

!l;aQfelbe  begann  fein  gefegneteö  SBirfen  für  alle,  nield)er  'Station, 
Steligion  unb  ^arbe  i'ie  and)  fein  ntod)ten,  im  ^lioueniber  1866.  '^cx 
intereffante  m\i)  belebrenbe  "isortrag,  ben  ^err  :-Kofengarten  bei  ber  (Et= 
Öffnung  beö  burdb  bie  ^reigebigfeit  .öerrn  Öanfenauö  erbauten  neuen 
^lügelö  beö  ^ofpitalö  im  'Jfooember  1884  bielt,  gibt  bie  ©efd)id)te 
beöfelben  oon  3(nfang  an  biö  auf  jenen  ^ag  fo  oolll'tänbig,  bafe  fein 


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(■»h'itiib   fein  fault,  l)u'r  ,ui  lluo^orl)ololl,  unio  bort  \o  flar  unh  ciiu^ohcnb 
lU'ioiU  ift. 

.vSicr  ift  aber  oiii  -|>imt't,  bcr  bio  innere  "■iveriualtuiu^  beo  Teutfd)en 
.OoJliitalo  aiiOieicl)net,  noii  uuicl)eiii  liier  bie  bliebe  fein  imiü  imb  bor  all= 
lU'iiieine  l'lufiiierf)aiiit'eit  iinb  "-^HMfall  Derbieiit.  (i'o  ift  bieo  bor  Ticnft 
ber  Tiafoiiiffen,  bor  3d)iüoftorn,  bio  mit  beiii  innoron  (^iaiu^  boö  .s^o)pi= 
talC)  imb  ber  X^\k(\c  bor  .straiifon  botraut  finb.  Tao  fronuno  'ilUrfcn 
biefer  3cl)U)oftorn,  ihr  liariiil)or,iii"\oö  Tl)un  ift  uoii  boii  rtofeauotfton  (St= 
foliion  boiileitet  lU'iuefeii. 

'•^l>iirbe  bio  ^^c\t  lUl'tattoii,  fo  bätto  eo  fein  /»nteroffe,  beni  "^Uu^nii  unb 
beul  '^iMiclKituui  boö  Tinfoniffoniuefonö  in  Toutfcl)lanb  nacl)5iu"\ol)on. 
:)inr  bac.  fei  (\c)a(\t,  i^^di^  bio  im  :3a()ro  1H."}<)  in  Toutfcblanb  i";ei-\riinboto 
3d)uieftorfd)aft  im  ,\abro  1H81  bereito  broinnbfiinfiici  l'inttorbänfer  unb 
iiiertaufenbfiebenlnnibortunbad)tunbi)ier.^ii"l  (^Miober  nmfd)lon,  bie  über 
Ci'uropa  unb  ben  Crient,  ,ynn  Xoil  and)  in  nnferom  i'anb  uorbroitot 
finb.  Unb  and)  feitbor  bat  bie  cjute  Ba<i)C  fräfticuMi  ?vortfd)ritt  ge; 
madit.  '^iHio  biefe  3d)n)eftern  anborömo  cu'Ioiftet  baben,  ift  binrcid^enbe 
"■i^üri^fdiaft  für  tnK\  uuvö  fie  bi^^r  leifton  luerbou. 

^er  (>)obanfo,  für  bie  Tiafoniffon  ein  ^JiutterbauG  ,^u  bauen,  unb 
bamit  eine  'öilbuni^Qfd)u(e  berfelben  ^u  Derbinben,  lac;\  nid)t  nrfprüncv 
lid)  im  '|>Iane  biefoo  hier  .^u  erriditenbon  'iMiuoc.  iHbcr  er  bräiißte  fid) 
imn  folbft  auf,  um  bie  '-Inn'maltuiu]  boo  .'pofpitalG  unrffamer  ,^u  madjcn 
unb  feinen  tS'influn  über  feine  entieren  (^konjon  binauö  auf  ein  c3röf?ero§ 
A-olb  fübibar  5u  nuidieu.  Taber  follen  fünftic^  junge  Sd)iüoftorn  auf 
'|>robo  aufgenonnueu  unb  ju  T'iafoniffon  erjogon  luorben.  Ties  fann 
l'id)  fegenciuoll  ormeifon  für  unfere  3tabt ;  tüd)tige  .Hranfonpflogerinuen 
mögen  von  bier  auögebon  unb  felbft  bie  ^Kegieruug  bor  3tabt  follte  ha- 
burd)  in  ibror  ?fürforgo  für  bie  3tabtarmon  (S'rloidjtorung  unb  ^ilfe 
finbcn.  ^n  ber  X()at,  biefe  ganje  3ad)e  t)at  ein  3lnred;t  auf  bie  ^cil; 
nabmo  unb  bie  Liberalität  unfcror  3}fitbürger. 

3lad)  bem  f)ier  gofafUeu  '^^^lau  muf?  bio  monfd)onfreunb(id)e  ülBirffam= 
feit  in  bor  'i^obanblung  bor  Mranfon  gar  febr  auögebobnt  merben.  (Ss 
ift  ja  lualjv,  baf?  bao  'il^eib  jol3t  anorfannt  lüirb  nid)t  nur  als  bio 
^auöpriofterin,  bie  in  t>m  5arten  .^tinberberjcn  liebenb  bio  orften  reli= 
giöfen  WofüI)le  anregt,  fonborn  bie  ^rau  tritt  jeöt  and)  binauö  in  bie 
'-ll>elt,  getrieben  üon  ber  Viebo  OJottoö  baö  SBorf  bor  'iMinnbor.iigfeit  ju 
treiben,  unb  in  foldiem  Üi^irfon  tritt  fie  mobr  unb  moljr  an  bie  Seite 
boö  9Jiannoö  in  meufd)enfreunblid)em  ^^sirfon.  ^i)V  ^or^  ift  uoll  beö 
niännfton  SOiitgefüblö  mit  bem  i.'eibenben  unb  mit  härterer  ^anb  roeif? 
fie  trbftenb  bie  S^bränen  boö  uüu  Äuunnor  Geplagten  ^u  trocfnen.  Unb 
gron  in  berXbatift  baö  Aelb,  auf  mekbom  baö  '-!l>cib  bio  eigontinnlid)OU 
Oabon  it)roö  Ü)efd)locbteö  ^um  äeitlid)cu  unb  emigon  ä8ol)l  beror  an^ 
nienbon  fann,  bie  i()reö  aJtitgefüblö  unb  ibrer  '^^flege  unb  ^ürforge  be; 
bürfon. 


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(Sine  o6I'e  HnftaCf  bcc  ^SoiSlfbuttö. 

Sie  finb,  meine  ^reimbe,  foebeu  bie  ^c\h]m  ber  ©niubfteinlegung 
eincG  'i^aiioö  (]eu)cfcn,  we(cl)cr  einer  ber  ebelften  SoI)Itl)äticifeitöauftaf= 
ten  5ur  «geiiiiftätle  bieueu  imrb.  ®erfelbe  ift  ein  3Jtoniiinent  ber  i]xo^- 
artioeii  Jvreigebicifeit  cineö  33ürgerö  iiitferer  Stabt  '^:]iI)ilQbe(p()ia.  (Sr 
beftimnit  biefeii  ':^an  nicljt  nur  fiir  jene  nienfc^enfreunblid)en  Broecfe, 
fonbern  u)ei()t  i()n  ^ug(eid),  bem  (iebeuolfen  l^dibenfen  einer  oeele,  mit 
iüeld)er  il)n  bie  jarteften  ^anbe  üerfnnpften,  bie  3)ienfd)ent)eräen  üerbin= 
bm  tonnen. 

©er  dlanu,  hen  biefer  33au  fiinftig  tragen  foil,  ift  ©  i  e  9)i  n  r  i  e 
3.  ©  r  e  J  e  I  ^  e  i  m  a  t  f  ii  r  b  e  t  a  g  t  e  u  n  b  f  d)  w  a  d)  e  Wi  a  n  n  e  r 
n  n  b  3=  r  a  u  e  n  u  n  b  b  a  ö  ^^^  b  i  (  a  b  e  I  p  I)  i  a  '^M  n  1 1  e  r  b  a  n  0  f  ii  r 
®  i  a  f  0  n  i  f  f  e  n. 

©er  Familienname,  hm  eö  trägt,  ift  in  unferer  Stabt  nnb  fonft  anö; 
ge5eid)net,  gead)tet  unb  geebrt  um  ber  großen  'ißobltbätigt'eit  luiUen,  bie 
Don  biefer  'Familie  geübt  mirb.  ^cxv  ^  r  a  n  5  M.  ©  r  e  i;  e  (,  ber  T^v- 
ter  ber  ebeln  ?vrau,  jn  beren  (E'f)rengebäd)tni6  biefer  33au  errid)tet  roirb, 
toar  ber  erfte  Sdja^meifter  beä  ©eutfc^en  .*pofpita(ö  unb  einer  feiner 
erften  3Bof)(tt)äter.  Unb  erft  in  letter  3*^^^  ift  bem  ^ofpital  nad)  bem 
SBillen  feines  and)  ncreinigten  Sobneä  )^  r  a  n  5  31.  ©  r  e  r  e  l,  eine  he-- 
beutenbe  ©nnnne  ©elbeö  5ugef(offen.  Unb  and)  anbere  rs)Heber  ber 
Familie  t)aben  in  liberalfter  3Beife  ibre  33eiträge  gegeben. 

(Sie,  bie  ic^  t)ier  nannte,  weilen  nid)t  meljr  auf  iSrben.  iHber  ba  ift 
nod^  unter  nnö  ein  anberer  äöobltbiiter  bee  ^ofpitalci,  ber  mit  eblem 
^^erjen  unb  flarer  (5infid)t,  befeelt  von  ber  teuren  (Srinnerung  an  feine 
nidit  mel)r  biet  unten  meilenben  hieben,  fo  uiel  für  hai  ■'pofpital  getl)an 
f)üt  unb  für  bieö  neue  Unternel)men  tl)ut,  bafs  feine  ©egenumrt,  fo 
befd)eiben  unb  ^urüdgejogen  er  ift,  mid)  nid)t  abtjalten  fann,  felbft  auf 
bie  ©efabr  feiner  Unjufriebenbeit  bin  (jier  ju  fagen,  baf?  ein  33eifpiel 
fo  ebler,  freigebiger  ('«)efinnung  ber  öffentlidien  .Henntniönabme  nid)t 
entzogen  roerben  barf. 

Man  i)at  mit  9ted)t  gefagt,  baf,  jeber  Tag  im  ."^s^br  für  .'Qerru  li^an- 
Unan  alö  ein  Oiabentag  ^u  ©unften  beö  © eutf d)en  .öofpitalö  gilt,  ^^c^ 
t)erfud)egarnid)t,  genau  bie  3flbl  oberbeu  ('»Jefamtmert  feiner  Sd)eufungen 
an5nfül)ren.  ©od)  mag  mir  geftattet  fein  ^u  enuäbnen,  baf5  bie  Soften 
beö  üon  ibm  erbauten  FtiHl^lS  beö  £)ofpitalö  unb  biefer  -öeimat,  bie 
and)  auö  feinen  'Dtitteln  erbaut,  mit  aller  inneren  ^Inörüftnug  nerfeben 
unb  üon  ibm  allein  bergeftellt  mirb,  ungefäbr  auf  eine  lltitlion  ©oltarö 
fid)  belaufen  werben. 

'^^znn  bie  ^änbe  bereit  fiub  bem  ©ebot  beö  i^'rjeuö  ^u  folgen  nnh 
bie  ebelmütige  ."panblung  fd^netl  bem  ebelntütigen  ©rieb  oon  inium  nac^= 
gebt,  menu  bie  'üieigung  jur  guten  ©bat  alfobalb  jur  ©bat  felbft  wirb, 
bann  luabrlid)  fiub  beibe  gefegiu't,  ber  ber  gibt  unb  ber  ber  empfängt. 


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Unb  'oa\]  foId)cr  3oiU'h  roidilid)  auf  .Ocnn  VnutViuiu  ruht,  bcMon  liin 
id)  i^omiü. 

Wäuiiov  Moior  I'lrt  uorDicuou  l)ol)o  :.'ld)tun(i  uiib  bao  '■^Unipicl  il)reG 
iiHiI)Ul)ätiiUMi  VcluMio  ioUto  rcid)o  Vcuto  lohrcu,  ba[^  co  für  fio  aitbcrcci 
},n  tl)uu  lulit  alo  bloH  ^'olb  ,iU  crmorbcii  uiib  ,ui  bclialtcii.  Hub  bicfou 
anbcru  I'lufcvUuMi  folltcii  fie  a,n\\[)t  niorbcii,  el)c  bao  )}{u(\\:  triibc,  bio 
.panb  lU'läliiiit  luirb. 

.•Ocrr  Vanfeuauö  ('»ici^ciUDcirt  foil  mid)  iiid)t  abbalton,  nod)  ctunio  mit 
'^^o,iiol)unii  auf  il)u  ,^u  fai^Mi,  nid)t  um  il)ii  ,^u  (oben,  bcuu  bao  luill  unb 
bcbarf  cr  uid)t,  fonbcru  urn  anborc  ,iu  ermuntern,  baf,  fie  uon  ber  ^.Iihmo- 
beit  feineQ  'iUniabrenö  lernen.  Tenn  id)  balte  alleo,  loao  er  i^etl)an 
bat,  für  hcu  iHnobrucf  ber  bi.Hl)ften  ^iseicbeit. 

pci"  c^>vitH5ox-  box-  -S^oiiuat. 

^er  Örünber  biefer  .s^einmt  für  alte,  fd)uiad)e  i)iänner  unb  Avauen 
unb  ber  'iMlbuui^Ganftalt  für  .Uranfenpflenerinnen  ift  ein  ebrenioerter, 
mit  Wlücf  c^efeiineter  Maufnuinn  in  '^^bilabelvbia.  iHIci  ein  (V'.ter  "-I^ür- 
(■\er,  ^uoerläffii'(  unb  (■\ead)tet  in  alien  'In^^iebuuiien  bed  Vebenci,  uner= 
mübet  tbätif^,  ijenau  unb  pünftlid)  in  iisefd)äftlid)er  ä^e^iebuni],  errang  er 
einen  für  feine  'ik'bürfniffe  l)inreid)enben  ('<3lücföftanb.  iUuf  ben  Strafen 
unb  in  öffentlid)en  'iserfannnhnuien  borte  man  feine  3tinune  nid)t. 
^beorien  für  lltMtleiben  unb  '-IiHibltI)äti(ifeit  trug  er  feine  uor.  iHber  in 
Tbaten  ber  Viebe  mar  er  .^u  finben  millig  unb  freigebig  unb  fein  Veben 
l)at  ben  rid)tigen  Öebraud)  reblid)  eruiorbenen,  unb  treulid)  jum  äBol)l 
anberer  angetuanbten  -lieidjtumö  inö  red)te  !i!\d)i  gefel3t.  Unb  ein  33ei= 
fpiel  fold)er  5lrt  fonuiit  nid;t  fo  oft,  baf?  man  eö  unbcad)tet  iiorbeiget)en 
laffeu  bürfte. 

dlad)  einem  l)öd)ft  glüd'Iid)en  Aamilienleben  im  'i^efit^  feineo  .»oaufeo  unb 
ber  il)m  ba  gemorbenen  liebe  famen  über  ibu  fd)uiere  ,'pcimfud)ungen 
fd)nell  nad)einanber  unb  er  fanb  l'id)  uereinfamt.  Cbue  feinen  3d)mer5 
5ur  Bd)au  ,^u  tragen,  50g  er  fid)  a\K-<  bem  öffentlid)en  Veben  unb  feinen 
i^ämpfen  ^^uriirf.  !^^n  politifd)er,  gefellfd)aftlid)er  ober  gefd)äftlid)er 
3crftreuung  fanb  er  feinen  Troft,  beffen  er  bod)  beburfte.  Xa  luibmete 
er  fein  i'eben  ebeln  3^uecfen  unb  fie  nnirben  ibm  neben  ber  Suftiininung 
Don  innen  beilig  buni)  bie  Grinnerung  an  feine  lieben  Toten.  Xa^  er 
fid)  fo  in  ben  Ut-toergangenen  ."fahren  einem  grof^en  ^luerfe  mibmete, 
ha'^j  l)at  feine  eblen  Ai'üdjte  getragen  in  ber  bebeutenben  lH'rgri3Berung 
beö  Seutfd)en  ."Qofpitalö  unb  in  ber  fd^önen  3lbfid)t  nod)  einen  anbem 
tkin  ;>u  errid)ten,  ganj  alö  feine  freie  Wabe,  nid)t  alö  ein  Tenfmal  für 
fid),  benn  fein  '^lame  loirb  babei  i)erfd)iuiegen,  fonbern  für  jene  nie  er= 
fterbenbe  l'iebe,  bie  fo  uiele  ."^abvc  feineo  Vebenc  fegeiiGooll  fri.inte  unb 
bereu  i?lnbenfen  il)m  unauöfpred)lid)en  Iroft  geiuäljrt.  'iöenn  einmal 
biefer  3^au  in  feiner  fd)önen  OUieberung  erftelien   mirb,  lueiut  feine 


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tüciteii  fallen  iinb  'Kiiiimo  uon  betartteu,  t)itf(oö  geraorbenen  9JZännern 
iinb  grauen  imb  uoii  Icibcnbeii  Minberu  ooU  fein  unb  i()nen  aikn 
fromme  >3d)mefteru,  bie  il^r  Uebcnbeö  .^erj  in  ber  Qaä)C  i)ab^n, 
fid)  5um  ^ienfte  geben  uierben,  bann  ioirb  ber  iüo{)lmoUenbe  ©ebanfe 
anöciefiif)rt  fein,  ben  einft  initer  unb  Tod)ter  in  ber  3((njefd)(offenl)eit 
eineö  füllen  ,3iiimit'ro  bort  in  ber  .s^albmonbftraf5e  ju  Vonbon  ausge^ 
fprodjen,  nnb  bann  mirb  tta^i  luarme,  ernfte  Öebet  jener  Xod)ter,  baö 
fie  gerabe  üor  bem  CS'nbe  ibreö  jungen  nnb  fi^önen  i^ebenö  §u  ©Ott 
emporfanbte,  er()i)rt  fein,  nämlid)  „baf?  beö  ^Initerö  .iL''eben  nnb  ^raft 
möge  er()alten  merben,  im  ha(i  il)r  nnb  il)m  fo  teure  ^ißerf  feine  ^^o(= 
lenbung  erlange."  Unb  bie  (S-rfüllung  beö  ©ebetes  unb  bie  (£rreid;ung 
beö  ebeln  '^mtde^  merben  an(3  !i!\d)t  treten,  luenn  einmal  bie  Sippen 
berer,  benen  ()ier  äßobltbat  5u  teil  roirb,  überftrömen  roerben  com 
Sanf  gegen  ben  äI>ol)ltbäter,  ber  einem  \:!eben  in  'Jieblid)feit,  ^leifs  unb 
2Bol)ltl)ätigfeit  bie  ilrone  auffetzte  burd)  biefe  ©abe  jum  33eften  ber  lei= 
benben  9}tenfd)l)eit,  burd)  bie  (Srridjtung  ber  9}Jarie  3.  ^rejrel  .^einmt  für 
betagte  unb  fd)raad)e  'OJlämu'r  nnb  grauen  unb  be§  ^f)ilabelp{)ia  9JJut= 
ter{;aufeö  für  Siafoniffen. 

Wt  bem  ©efang  beö  alten  (Sboralö:  „5hm  ban!et  alle  ©ott"  unb 
mit  bem  Segen,  gefprod)en  oon  ^^srofeffor  2)r.  3B.  3.  Mann,  fd)lo^ 
bie  fdjöne,  erf)ebenbe  ^eier. 


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THE 


1.  INTRODUCTORY. 


In  the  fall  of  1S82  the  way  was  opened  for  the  introduction  of 
Deaconesses  into  the  German  Hospital,  by  a  change  in  the  Charter 
which  took  effect  from  the  second  Monday  in  1883,  and  by  which  the 
co-operation  of  the  Church  in  building  up  the  Hospital,  was  frankly 
and  o]ienly  invited  by  its  Board.  Thus  an  opportunity  was  afforded 
for  such  changes  in  the  internal  administration  of  the  Hospital,  and  in 
the  nursing,  as  would  make  it  a  possibility  worthy  of  consideration,  to 
call  Deaconesses  from  Germany,  where  they  had  proved  themselves, 
during  the  last  decades,  faithful  and  reliable,  in  the  hospitals  and  on 
the  battle-fields  of  the  old  world,  as  well  as  in  all  possible  scenes  of  mis- 
ery and  need. 

The  President  of  the  German  Hospital,  Mr.  J.  D,  Lankenau,  and 
with  him  Consul  Chas.  H.  Meyer,  had  already  made  several  attempts 
to  induce  Kaiserswerth,  or  some  other  large  Motherhouse  in  Germany, 
to  give  up  a  few  Sisters  to  our  Hospital.  Consul  Raschdau,  of  the 
German  General  Consulate  in  New  York,  had  also  taken  a  very  special 
and  active  interest  in  our  affairs,  and,  in  1883,  had  made  various  at- 
tempts to  supply  us  with  Sisters.  But  on  all  sides  our  application  Avas 
refused.  The  Sisters  were  too  urgently  needed  in  the  old  home,  and 
could  not  be  spared  to  come  to  America. 

In  the  spring  of  1883,  during  a  business  trip  to  Germany,  Consul 
Chas  H.  jNIeyer  undertook  once  more  to  secure  Deaconesses  for  us.  He 
visited  Kaiserswerth,  where  Pastor  Disselhoff  the  son-in-laAv,  and  Pas- 
tor George  Fliediier  the  son  of  the  late  Inspector  Fliednei-,  carry  on  the 
blessed  work  of  their  father  with  so  much  success.  But  interesting 
and  instructive  as  this  visit  was,  its  main  object  was  without  result, 
and,  in  fact,  it  almost  irresistibly  forced  upon  us  the  disheartening  con- 
viction that  all  endeavors  would  be  in  vain.  However,  Consul  Meyer 
did  not  give  up  hope,  but  continued  his  efforts  unremittingly. 

In  Hamburg  not  long  after  this,  he  learned  through  Pastor  C. 
Ninck,  a  wai-m  friend  of  the  Deaconess  cause,  that,  in  the  Hospital  at 
Iserlohn,  was  a' small  independent  community  of  Sisters,  undej-  the  di- 
rection of  a  Superior,  Marie  Krueger,  who  had  been  trained  in  Kaisers- 


2t) 

uciili  ;  :iii(l  tli:il  |)(issil)ly  this  Ij.iikI  hI' Dc^aconesses  might  he  in  a  posi- 
lidii  tu  accede  tu  <>iir  pro|)osal.  A  corresixjiulence  was  opened  witli  the 
Supericir,  wliicli  resulted  toward  llie  end  of  IMHÜ,  in  ;m  aLTeenieiit 
that  the  Superior  with  six  Sisters,  wonhl  come  over  to  I'liihidelphia  in 
tlie  spriiiir  o<  )<^>^4. 

It  was  not  easy  tor  the  Sisters  to  tai<e  leave  of  their  field  oi'  hihor 
in  Iserlohn,  and  of  their  old  home.  Repeated  efl!)rts  were  made  hy  the 
town  council  and  eiti/ens  of  Iserlohn,  to  shake  their  resolution.  Hut 
the  Sister?  rt^mained  tiiie  to  their  word,  and  departed  with  the  thanks 
of  the  town  "for  the  excellent  and  self-sacrificing  manner  in  which  they 
had  Hlh'd  their  ottice."  On  the  7th  of  June  18<S4  the  little  company 
took  ship  on  the  steamer  Peuuland,  in  Antwerp,  and,  after  a  safe  voy- 
age, reached  the  harbor  of  New  York  on  the  19th  of  June,  landing  at 
Jersey  City.  There  they  were  received  by  the  President  (jf  the  German 
Hospital,  Mr.  J.  D.  Lankenau,  and  conducted  to  their  new  home  in 
Philadelphia. 

The  names  of  the  Sisters  who,  on  the  19th  of  June  1884,  came  as 
pioneers  in  the  Deaconess  work  in  Philadel})hia,  are  as  follows: 

Sister  Marie  Krueger,  from  Ehrenbreitstein,  on  the  Rhine, 
"  Friederike  Wurzler,  from  Deutschenthal,  near  Halle, 
"       Wilhelmine  Dittniann,  from  Neuwied, 

IMarianne  Kraetzer,  from  Wernigerode,  Harz  Mts., 
"       Magdalena  von  Bracht,  from  Kl.  Oith,  Eifel  Mts.; 
"       Alma  Kohniann,  from  Eibau,  Saxony, 
"       Pauline  Loeschmann,  from  Writzen,  Mark  Brandenburg. 
The  last  named  left  the  sisterhood  soon    after  her  arrival ;  and  Sister 
Frederike  Wurzler,  w^hose  services  were  invaluable  to  us,  owing  to  her 
rich  experience,  especially  in  surgical  nursing,  was  obliged  to  return  to 
Germany  utterly  broken  down  in  health. 

The  beginning  of  the  work  in  our  Hos})itaI  was  in  many  respects 
very  difficult  for  the  Sisters.  The  new  south  wing  was  not  yet  com- 
pleted ;  the  persons  who  until  this  time  had  charge  of  the  house,  were, 
at  least  for  a  while,  still  on  the  spot;  and  the  way  was  yet  to  be  grad- 
ually broken  for  a  i)erfect  understanding  of  the  peculiar  character  of 
Protestant  Deaconesses'  work,  not  only  among  the  physicians,  but  even 
in  the  Board  of  Trustees.  The  work  made  an  important  advance 
through  the  appointment  of  a  standing  Deaconess  Committee,  which 
was  named  by  the  President  of  the  Board  in  February  1885,  for  the 
purpose  of  tormally  organizing  the  Deaconesses'  work  in  this  country; 
to  draw  in  new  sisters ;  to  secure  probationers,  and  provide  for  their 
training.  This  committee  holds  regular  sessions  every  month,  and 
makes  all  4:he  arrangements  necessary,  in  the  interest  of  the  Deaconess 
cause.     The  members  of  the  Deaconess  Committee   are   the   following 


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gentlemen :  J.  D.  Lankenau,  President  and  Treasurer ;  Chas.  H.  Meyer, 
Secretary;  Rev.  W.  J.  Mann,  D.  D.;  Rev.  A.  Spaeth,  D.  D.;  Rev.  F. 
WLschan;  J.  C.  File,  President  of  the  German  Society ;  J.  H.  Tilge; 
G.  A.  Schwarz  ;  and  Sister  Marie  Krueger,  the  Superior. 

A  step  further  was  gained  for  the  Deaconess  cause  by  a  cliange  in 
the  mode  of  appointing  resident  physicians,  this  position  having  gener- 
ally been  occupied  by  three  young  Doctors,  just  graduated.  As  such 
a  ])lan  was  incompatible  with  the  principles  of  the  Deaconess  work,  it 
was  so  modified  that  one  resident  physician  of  riper  experience,  was 
appointed  for  a  longer  time.  Since  July  1885  this  place  has  been  satis- 
factorily filled  by  Dr.  Geo.  A.Bodamer. 

The  most  important  step  in  the  further  development  of  the 
Deaconess  work  however,  was  the  determination  of  the  President,  Mr. 
J.  D.  Lankenau  to  erect  the  necessary  buildings  for  a  Deaconess 
Motherhouse,  in  connection  with  the  contemplated  Mary  J.  Drexel 
Home.  The  idea  of  founding  an  asylum  for  aged  and  infirm  Germans, 
the  proposed  Mary  J.  Drexel  Home,  had  been  conceived  by  Mr.  Lanke- 
nau several  years  ago,  before  anyone  thought  of  the  Deaconesses.  For 
this  purpose  he  had  bought  all  the  lots  adjacent  to  the  German  Hospi- 
tal, and  the  amended  Charter  of  1882  contained  a  paragraph  giving 
the  management  of  this  institution  eventnally  to  the  control  of  the 
Hospital  Board. 

The  introduction  of  Deaconesses  suggested  to  our  President  the 
establishment  of  a  real  Deaconess  Institution,  in  connection  with  the 
proposed  Mary  J,  Drexel  Home.  There  could  be  no  doubt  that  if  the 
work  of  Deaconesses  was  to  take  firm  foothold  among  us,  and  become 
permanently  established,  steps  should  be  taken  as  soon  as  possible, 
toward  founding  a  separate  Motherhouse,  where  probationers  could  be 
received  and  trained,  and  where  disabled  and  aged  Sisters  could  find  a 
home  in  the  evening  of  life.  The  Deaconess  Institution  as  such,  would 
have  to  be  established  and  directed  in  a  churchly  spirit,  if  any  growth 
were  to  be  expected  for  it.  And  as  the  Sisters  from  the  beginning  had 
found  their  spiritual  home  in  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  of  St. 
Johannis,  and  their  spiritual  guide  in  its  Pastor ;  as  moreover,  since  the 
amendment  of  the  Charter  in  1882,  three  pastors  from  the  Evangelical 
Lutheran  Ministerium  of  Pennsylvania  were  to  be  in  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Hospital,  there  was  no  question  that  the  Motherhouse 
which  was  to  be  founded,  must  stand  in  organic  union  with  the  Luth- 
eran Church.  But  there  was  still  the  possibility  that  the  Mary  J. 
Drexel  Home  might  have  its  ow'u  administration,  different  from  that  of 
the  Deaconess  Institution.  The  founder  of  both  institutions .  however, 
afiter  mature  consideration,  decided  that  the  Mary  J.  Drexel  Home  and 


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the  MotherhouMo  of  Deaconesses  should  not  only  be  combined  archi- 
tecturally, in  one  iiuifjnificent  building;,  but  should  also  be  placed  under 
one  jrovcrniiH'ut.  For  tlicin  a  s])ccial  IJoard  of  Directors,  as  an  in- 
dependent corporation  was  to  be  created,  in  which  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  the  (iernuin  Hospital  was  to  be  represented  by  three  members.  The 
carrying  out  of  this  measure  retiuired  another  change  in  the  Charter  of 
the  Crerman  Hospital.  This  was  proposed  in  the  session  of  the  Deacon- 
ess Committee  of  »September  2(3th  1?S85,  by  Consul  ('has.  H.  Meyer,  and 
was  adopted  for  submission  to  the  Board  of  Trustees.  At  the  same  time 
Mr.  J.  D.  r^ankenau  anounced  that  he  was  ready  to  begin  buiUling  the 
new  institutions  as  soon  as  the  Corporation  of  the  (leriuan  Hospital 
agreed  u\nn\  the  anundnieiit.  During  the  same  session  the  name  of  the 
new  institution  was  decided  upon:  Thk  Mary  J.  Drkxel  Home  and 
PniLADEi.piriA  jM()Thekh()U8E  of  Deaconesses. 

After  the  preliminary  approval  of  the  proposed  amendment  had 
been  passed  by  the  Corporation  in  the  meeting  of  January  1886,  the 
tirst  steps  were  at  once  taken  for  beginning  the  building.  At  the  session 
of  the  Deaconess  Committee  on  March  27th  1 88(1,  Mr.  Lankenau  an- 
nounced his  intention  to  entrust  the  design  and  execution  of  the  build- 
ing to  the  architect,  Mr.  G.  Knoche,  who  was  highly  recommended  by 
Mr.  Hinkeldeyn  an  architect,  and  Attache  of  the  German  embassy,  and 
was  also  well  known  to  us  as  the  nephew  of  our  colleague  Mr.  G.  A. 
Schwarz.  He  was  then  unanimously  chosen  by  the  committee  as  archi- 
tect of  the  proposed  building,  and  Mr.  Lankenau  concluded  the  ne- 
cessary contracts  with  him. 

On  the  20th  of  September  1886  ground  was  broken,  and  the  11th 
of  November,  the  date  of  Luthei''s  baptism,  was  a})poiuted  for  the  lay- 
ing of  the  corner-stone. 

:  II.  THE  LAYING  OF  THE  CORNER-STONE. 

The  ceremony  of  laying  the  corner-stone  on  the  afternoon  of  No- 
vember 1 1th  was  favored  with  the  most  beautiful  weather.  A  great 
many  people,  whose  number  is  estimated  at  2  or  3000,  had  a,ssembled 
for  the  occasion.  The  dimensions  of  the  proposed  buildings  were  in- 
dicated by  flagstaffs  with  streamers  in  the  Gernian  and  American 
colors,  erected  at  the  corners  of  the  two  wings. 

The  main  building  faces  Girard  Avenue,  looking  north,  standing 
about  30  feet  back  from  the  front.  In  order  to  improve  and  strengthen 
the  architectural  effect,  the  basement  will  be  elevated  and  the  ground 
in  front  will  be  filled  up  so  that  it  may  be  used  for  floAver  beds.     The 


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front  on  Girard  Avenue  has  a  lenirth  of  250  feet.  From  each  end 
of  this  part  of  the  buildinii'  wini^s  will  run  to  the  south,  a  distance 
of  200  feet,  almost  reachiiiü'  Poj)lar  street.  These  wings  and  the 
main  structure  will  have  a  uniform  width  of  60  feet.  Between  the 
wings  there  will  be  an  open  court  120  by  140  feet,  which  will  be 
laid  out  as  a  garden.  The  main  entrance  is  in  the  centre  of  the 
Girard  Avenue  front,  by  an  archway  15  feet  high,  directly  undei-  the 
chapel,  which  will  exhibit  the  graceful  form  and  elaborate  decoration 
characteristic  of  the  gothic  style.  It  will  be  surmounted  by  a  steeple 
175  feet  high.  The  material  will  be  cut  stone  of  a  light  shade,  and 
brown  brick.  The  structure  will  have  three  stories,  the  second  and 
third  of  which  will  be  united  into  one  in  the  central  building,  as  it 
contains  the  cluipel  and  the  adjoining  larger  halls,  while  the  two  wings 
will  have  three  full  stories.  There  will  be  about  H2  rooms  on  each 
floor. 

The  structure  will  be  covered  by  a  high  slate  roof  in  diilerent 
colors,  containing  a  number  of  dormer-windows.  There  will  be  bay- 
windows  at  the  coi'uers  of  the  main  building,  surmounted  by  lower 
spires,  called  resalites.  The  chajjel  will  be  40  by  42  feet;  on  either 
side  of  it  thei'e  will  be  large  halls  40  by  22,  so  arranged,  that  they  can 
be  thrown  into  one  hall  with  the  chapel,  for  larger  assemblies  on  spe- 
cial occasions.  On  the  first  floor,  on  either  side  of  the  vestibule,  there 
will  be  the  necessary  offices,  rooms  for  the  physicians  and  parlors  for 
the  reception  of  visitors. 

The  eastern  wing  will  be  used  as  the  Deaconesses'  House  with 
room  for  about  100  sisters.  They  will  act  as  nurses  in  the  Childrens' 
Hospital  which  will  be  located  on  the  first  floor  of  the  western  wing, 
containing  four  wards  with  accommodations  for  about  60  children. 
The  two  upper  stories  of  the  western  wing  contain  the  rooms  for  the 
aged  with  accommodations  for  about  100 — 120  peo])le.  Each  room 
will  accommodate  two  persons.  The  rooms  will  have  high  ceilings 
and  will  be  well  ventjlated  and  handsomely  furnished,  wäth  shelves 
outside  of  the  windows,  to  enable  the  inmates  to  keep  flowers. 

In  the  centre  of  the  northern  or  main  building  a  platform  had 
been  erected  on  which  were  assembled  the  invited  guests,  the  speak- 
ers, the  trustees  of  the  hospital,  and  the  members  of  the  Ladies'  Aid 
Society ;  also  the  Deaconesses  in  the  garb  of  their  order,  who  had 
marched  in  i)r()cession  from  the  hos})ital  to  the  place  of  the  corner- 
stone laying,  led  by  the  President,  the  Oberin  and  their  pastor. 

Shortlv  after  three  o'clock  the  ceremonies  began  with  a  choral 
played  by  Wm.  Kalitz's  band.  The  united  singers  of  Philadel})hia, 
about  150  in  number,  representing  29  different  societies,  under  the  lea- 


(l»'rslii|(  uf  Mr.  I'\  W.  Kiicii/cK  saiii;-  an  aiilliriii:  "'riiis  is  tlic  Lord's 
own  day,"  hy  ( '.  Kicn/ci-.  After  tlii.-  luayci-  was  otli-rcd  liv  Ilcv.  W. 
J.  Mann,  I) j). 

PRAYER  BY  REV.  W.. I.  MANN.  D.D. 

Dr.  Mann  pi'aycd  that  tlic  Triuni'  (iod  would  acconipany  uTid 
crown  with  His  l)li\ssiiit:'  the  work  wlio.se  corner-stone  was  hcin^r  laiti  in 
tliis  solemn  hour;  that  He  would  hless  the  dear  friend,  troin  whom  in 
His  unsearchal)le  ]irovidence  He  had  taken  much,  in  order  to  ^ivehini 
much,  who  once  more  devote<l  his  earthly  i^-oods  to  the  .<ervice  of  love 
and  mercy,  thus  returnin;^' them  to  the  (liver,  the  ( iod  of  Love  ;  that 
He  miii'ht  pre.-^erve  his  life  and  irrant  unto  him  to  see  the  consumma- 
tion of  this  Li'reat  and  glorious  work  in  i^ood  health;  that  His  blessinj^ 
and  protection  would  he  over  all  that  are  en,ü-afied  in  this  huildiuLr  and 
that  He  would  bestow  His  Holy  spirit  upon  tho.^e,  who  would  in  future 
times  receive  and  learn  much  at  tliis  jilace  from  the  head  of  the  only 
blaster  Christ,  who  would  teach  them  to  do  «rood  and  show  mercy. 

After  this  ])rayer  followed  the  (iennan  address  hy  Rev.  A. 
Spaeth,  n.I). 


ADDRESS  OF  REV.  A.  SPAETH,  D.D. 

We  are  assendikd  here,  my  friends,  in  an  hour  of  high  and 
ü^rave  import.  The  President  of  the  German  Hospital,  whose  name 
must  ever  take  an  honored  place  in  the  history  of  the  Germans  in  Phil- 
adelphia, and  in  the  records  of  the  beneficent  institutions  of  this  city, 
has  invited  us  to  the  corner-stone-laying  of  a  magnificent  building, 
planned  by  his  liberality,  which  is  to  bear  the  name:  The  Mary  J. 
Drexel  Home,  and  Philadelphia  Motherhouse  of  Deaconesses.  Now 
as  the  architect  must  have  his  plan  finiilitd  wherever  a  corner- 
stone is  to  be  laid,  in  order  to  know  exactly  what  and  how  he  intends 
to  build;  and  as  we  like  to  have  before  the  mind's  eye,  from  the  very 
beginning,  a  perfect  picture  of  the  building  which  is  to  lift  itself  from 
the  foundation  and  corner-stone;  it  seems  to  me  that  all  the  friends  who 
have  thronged  together  to-day,  must  be  glad  to  have  such  a  picture  of 
that  which  is  to  arise  here.  What  then,  is  it  to  be,  that  is  here  build- 
ing? What  sort  of  a  house,  what  sort  of  an  institution,  what  is  its  plan, 
and  what  are  the  end  and  aim  which  it  is  to  serve?  To  all  such  in- 
quirers I  shall  try  to  give,  in  brief  and  unadorned  speech,  an  honest 
answer  to  an  honest  question. 

What  is  this  to  be?     Certainly  anyone   who   has   glanced  at  our 


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architect  's  drawing,  or  has  considered  the  fouudation  walls,  as  they 
stretch  their  mighty  arms  east,  and  west,  and  south,  can  say  without 
hesitation,  this  is  to  he  a  stately  building;  a  house  erected  by  a  (Jerman, 
which  need  not  shrink  from  comparison  even  with  a  (xirard  College, 
with  its  marble  columns,  its  lofty  portico,  its  massive  pediment;  and 
which  will  ever  be  an  ornament  to  the  City  of  Brotherly  Love  ;  a  build- 
ing at  the  sight  of  which  every  German  heart  must  be  stirred  with  joy- 
ful emotion ;  an  honor  to  the  German  name  in  this  city,  testifying  how 
a  German  of  Philadeljjhia,  himself  blessed  of  God,  has  become  a  blear- 
ing to  his  fellow-countrymen  and  fellow-citizens. 

What  is  it  to  be?  A  monument  of  faithful  love,  a  memorial  build- 
ing, in  remembrance  of  a  noble  woman,  who  found  her  own  greatest  de- 
light in  works  of  benevolence,  as  long  as  she  lived.  Her  name  is  to  be 
boAie  by  the  home  which  is  to  find  a  place  in  the  west  wing  of  this 
great  building,  the  Mary  J.  Drexel  Home.  Costlier  and  more  precious 
than  the  most  beautiful  memorial  columns,  and  the  finest  marble  reared 
in  the  domain  of  death  and  corruption,  this  building  will  keep  in  per- 
ennial freshness  the  name  of  the  wife,  whose  memory  is  so  dear  and 
sacred  to  its  founder,- — whose  memory  he  has  thus  endeared  to  the  Ger- 
mans of  this  city,  forever. 

Again,  what  is  it  to  be?  A  Home  for  the  Aged,  in  which  respect- 
able Germans  without  distinction  of  creed  or  religion,  are  to  be  re- 
ceived and  faithfully  cared  for,  in  their  old  age.  The  noble  man,  who 
in  God's  providence  has  been  left  alone  in  the  evening  of  life,  after  the 
storms  that  have  swept  over  his  house,  thinks  with  a  warm,  sympathiz- 
ing heart,  of  those  who,  in  their  last  years  not  only  must  look  back 
sorrowfully  upon  all  they  have  lost  here  below,  but  must  also  face  the 
anxious  thought:  where  shall  I  find  shelter  and  care?  What  place  is 
left  for  me,  lonely  wanderer,  homeless,  friendless,  weary  of  lite?  A  roof 
over  these  defenceless  heads,  a  warm  bed  in  cold  nights,  nourishing 
food — in  short,  a  real,  comfortable  home  is  what  he  intends  to  provide, 
an  Old  People's  Home,  for  which  thousands  shall  bless  its  founder. 

And  yet  again,  what  isthat  to  be,  whose  foundation  and  corner- 
stone are  laid  to-day  ?  A  Motherhouse  for  Deaconesses.  The  east 
wing  of  this  building  is  to  be  appropriated  for  the  training  and  culture 
of  Deaconesses,  where  they  may  find  a  home  as  long  as  they  live,  well 
cared  for,  without  care  for  themselves.  For  the  attendance  needed  by 
the  old  people  in  their  home,  by  the  children,  if  a  children's  hospital 
should  be  opened  under  the  Old  People's  Home,  by  the  sick  in  the 
Hospital,  is  to  be  given  by  Deaconesses ;  and,  if  this  undertaking  be 
blessed  of  God,  in  the  course  of  time  Deaconesses  will  be  sent  out  over 
this  great  land,  to  minister  to  all  those  who   call   to   their   service   the 


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piouu  wonmn's  heart,  the  tendiT,  t-urefiil  woumn's  hand.  The  wdrk  ot 
Deaconesses  in  the  Protestant  Churcli  is  comparatively  a  reci'nt  thinjr, 
and  to  many,  esj)ecially  in  this  country,  even  entirely  straiitre  and  un- 
known. Only  a  tew  weeks  a^M),  on  the  22(1  and  2.Srd  ofSeptend)er,the 
iiri^nual  .Motherhuuse  of  Deaconesses,  in  Kaiserswertli  on  the  Rhine, 
celebrated  its  first  jubilee.  Ail  the  Deaconess  Institutions,  of  which 
there  are  now  hundreds  in  Oerniany,  have  either  irrown  out  of  this 
Mothi'rhouse  directly,  or  have  received  their  first  impulse  from  it. 
These  institutions  are  intended  to  orirani/e  the  work  of  woman  in  th* 
Church,  for  the  j^eneral  good,  after  the  type  of  apostolic  times.  They 
are  meant  to  l)rin<i-  all  the  strenjith  of  enduring,  self-sacrificing  love  and 
patience  found  in  the  so-called  weaker  sex,  into  the  servici'  of  Him  who 
came  not  to  he  ministered  unto,  hut  to  minister,  and  to  give  His  life  a 
ransom  for  many.  So  is  the  service  of  De:!c<jnesses  to  be  an  office  «in 
the  congregation,  for  works  of  benevolence,  wherever  such  ministry  is 
needed;  for  the  poor,  the  little  ones,  the  neglected,  the  fallen,  tlie  sick, 
the  aged  and  the  orphan.  More  than  six  thousand  Deaconesses  labor 
now  in  .such  service,  in  Germany  and  the  East.  On  the  battle-fields  of  the 
Schleswig-Holstein  AVar,  (1864)  the  Bohemian  War,  (1866)  and  the 
war  with  France,  (1870-71)  amid  the  horrors  of  the  bombardpient  of 
Alexandria;  in  cholera  and  typhus  e})idemics,  and  in  many  thousand 
scenes  of  misery  of  which  the  world  knows  nothing,  they  have  proved  a 
blessing  from  above,  a  gift  of  God,  receiving  grateful  recognition  every- 
where in  our  old  German  home,  in  the  Church  and  out  of  it. 

Is  it  then  a  wonder,  after  the  e^cperience  with  Deaconess's  work 
gained  by  tlie  hus])itals  of  the  Fatherland  in  the  last  decades,  that  the 
thought  occurred  to  the  men  on  whose  shoulders  the  welfare  and  success 
of  our  German  Hos})ital  rest  most  heavily,  to  transplant  the  office  of 
Deaconess  here,  in  the  firm  conviction  that  they  could  do  the  institu- 
tion no  greater  service  than  to  establish  this  order  among  us?  And 
having  once  reached  such  a  conclusion,  they  went  forward  with  their 
accustomed  unwearying  energy,  to  the  attainment  of  this  end.  In  .)une 
1884  the  first  Sisters  arrived  from  Iserlohn,  and  since  the  beginning  ot 
1885,  when  the  first  probationers  came  to  us,  they  have  held  out  so 
faithfully,  that  now,  in  spite  of  many  ups  and  downs  which  are  only  to 
be  expected,  we  have  some  twenty  Deaconesses  and  probationers. 

In  the  course  of  the  last  two  yeais,  the  more  our  leading  men 
gained  an  insight  into  the  true  nature  of  the  Deaconess  work,  and  the 
wide  reaching  importance  of  the  step  they  had  taken  in  introducing  it 
among  us,  so  much  clearer  and  stronger  became  their  conviction,  that, 
if  it  is  to  take  root,  grow  and  bear  fruit  for  our  whole  land,  this  institu- 
tion cannot  be  a  mere  appendage  to  tlie  German   Hospital ;  but   must 


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have  it.  (.wn  home,  its  own  buildiug,  its  own  a.huinistration,  m  o.-.lerto 
the  free  development  of  its  characteristic  features,  and  for  the  purpose 
of  trainino-  Deaconesses  fbr  their  different  fields  of  activity. 

The  German  Hospital  has  no  room,  and  is  not  the  place  for  pupils 
and  probationers,  who  are  to  be  educated  in  all  the  branches  of  work 
contenu.lated  in  the  office  of  Deaconess.  The  Hospital  has  no  room 
for  disabled  or  aged  Deaconesses,  who  have  devoted  their  lives  to  this 
service,  and  must  have  a  home  in  the  Motherhouse,  in  which  they  may 
rest  at  ease  in  their  declining  years.  From  the  very  nature  of  its 
Constitution,  and  fundamental  principles,  the  German  Hospital  is  not 
the  place  for  a  Deaconess  Institution,  in  which,  if  it  is  to  fulfill  its  mis- 
sion, an  out-spoken  christian  spirit  must  rule,  giving  a  clear  unmistake- 
ablp  sound,  and  showing  itself  in  its  true  colors. 

The  Hospital  as  such,  has  no  religious  or  confessional  character, 
either  in  its  patients  or  in  its  government.  But  the  Deaconess  Institu- 
tion is  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Confession.  Its  whole  success  de- 
pends on  the  resoluteness,  sincerity  and  loyalty,  with  which  an  earnest 
heart-felt  Faith  is  fostered,  as  the  motive  power  of  all  benevolence  and 
ministry  of  love.  Take  that  away,  and  you  take  the  very  heart 
from  Deaconess  work,  and  consign  it  to  certam  death. 

Therefore  we  find  the  Chapel  in  the  centre  of  the  plan  for  this  mag- 
nificent building.  Here  is  to  be  a  House  of  God,  as  sign  and  witness 
that  the  founder  of  this  Institution,  whom  we  delight  to  honor  as  the 
Father  ofthe  Deaconess  cause,  does  not  mean  to  build  into  the  air 
but  on  the  good  solid  foundation  of  evangelical  faith,  other  than  which 
can  no  man  lay  ;  and  which  has  given  our  German  fatherland  its  thous- 
ands of  self-sacinficing  and  untiring  Deaconesses.  He  entered  upon 
this  work  with  the  good  old  words:  "as  fi.r  me  and  my  house,  we  will 
serve  the  Lord."  Therefore  the  inmost  heart  andjewel  of  this  structure 
is  to  be  the  house  of  God,  with  the  service  of  God,  and  the  Word  of 
God-  under  it,  the  chief  entrance  through  which  all  must  find  their 
way  in  and  out;  over  it,  the  slender  spire,  an  index  finger,  pomting^up- 
ward  to  Him  on  whose  blessing  everything  depends,  and  in  whose  holy 
Name  the  corner-stone  is  to  be  laid  to-day.  May  His  protection  and 
defence  be  upon  all  those  who  labor  here.  May  He  bless  and  prosper 
the  great  work  here  begun,  that  stone  upon  stoii.,  fitly  framed  together 
may  ..row  into  a  compact  building,  defying  wind  and  weather.  May  He 
g.ant\is  all,  especially  to  the  noble  founder  of  this  house,  upon  he 
Eappy  completion  ofthe  building,  to  enter  in  together,  and  praise  the 
Lord  for  what  He  has  done.  And  with  the  steady  advance  of  the  ex- 
ternal building,  which  has  begun  so  auspiciously  inay  He  give  to  our 
sacred  cause  true  inward  prosperity,  that   the  Motherhouse  of  Deacon- 


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esses  ill  IMiilndtlpliia  iiiiiv  liccoiiit'  a  iicvcr-l'airmj,'-  roiiiiiaiii.  tVoiii  whicli 
streams  (if  hlcssiii;;  j^o  oul  ovi-r  the  wliolc  land  ;  a  wilntss  that  the  God 
(ifold  vet  lives;  that  the  old  Faitii  still  loves,  still  heals  the  wounds, 
and  tlries  the  tears  of"  the  S(»rro\\fnl,  -  and  overeonietli  the  world. 
May  ( Jod  grant  it  I 

After  this  Beethoven's  Anthem  "The  heavens  declare  the  «rlory  of 
God"  was  3ung  with  instrumental  aeeompaniment.  Tiieii  tlie  Key.  G. 
F.  Krotel,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  Trinity  English  Lutheran  Chnrch  in  New- 
York,  delivered   an  address  in  the  English  Language. 


ADDRESS  OF  REV-  G.  F.  KROTEL.  D.D. 

The  man  who  founded  your  city, — William  IVnn, — selected  its 
name.  He  found  it  in  the  New  Testament,  as  the  name  of  one  of  the 
seven  cities  spoken  of  in  St.  John's  Revelation.  He  knew  why  he  se- 
lected it.  "Philadelphia"  was  a  name  not  only  pleasing  and  harmonious 
to  the  ear,  but  beautiful  in  its  meaning — brotherh/  love.  He  wished  to 
build  a  city  that  should  be  the  abode  of  brotherly  lovt",  and  therefore 
he  chose  a  name  that  might  ])roclaim  it  to  all  men. 

He  knew  what  was  meant  by  br(jtherly  love,  in  the  New  Testa- 
ment sense,  for  he  was  a  follower  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  And  it  is 
worthy  of  notice,  on  the  present  occasion,  that  he  gave  a  most  practical 
illustration  of  this  brotherly  love,  when  he  crossed  the  ocean  to  take 
possession  of  his  American  domain.  During  that  long  and  memorable 
voyage  in  the  "Welcome,"  the  small-pox  broke  out  among  the  pas- 
sengers, and  William  Penn  was  unwearied  by  day  and  night,  in  his 
com])assionate  attendance  upon  the  sick,  with  his  own  hand  he  minis- 
tered to  their  wants,  and  his  presence  and  words  of  cheer  proved  a 
blessing  not  only  to  the  sick,  but  to  all  the  people  in  that  floating  hos- 
pital. 

It  was  in  this  s})irit  that  he  landed  upon  these  shores,  on  which  the 
Christian  Swedes  had  already  manifested  the  same  sjjirit,  for  they  also 
had  come  as  subjects  ofthat  Lord,  whose  coming  was  declared  to  mean 
"Glory  to  God  in  the  highest,  and  on  earth  i)eace,  good  will  toward 
men." 

This  land  of  Penn,  and  this  new  city  of  brotherly  love  welcomed 
men  of  every  land,  and  offered  them  a  free  home  in  which  all  might 
dwell  together  in  peace,  and  worship  God  according  to  the  dictates  of 
their  own  conscience.  And  they  came,  in  increasing  numbers,  and 
made  it  in  time,  a  city  that  was  noted  for  many  of  the  evidences  of 
brotherly  love. 

And  so  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  Providence   of  God,   that   this   city 


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was  distiiifjuishf^d,  above  all  tlic  otlicr  cities  of  the  hind,  a,'^  tlie  meeting 
phice  of  the  men  who  came  as  brothers,  from  the  different  colonies,  to 
take  counsel  together,  and  to  stand  side  by  side,  in  vindication  of  their 
rights.  It  was  here  that  they  united  in  tlie  Declaration  of  Indepen- 
dence, and  it  was  here  that  they  framed  and  adopted  that  wonderful 
Constitution,  under  which  this  great  and  free  people  has  prospered  so 
long.  And  hence  it  was  altogether  natural  and  proper,  that  the  nation 
that  had  grown  to  fifty  millioiis  of  freemen,  should  celel>rate  its  first 
Centennial  in  the  City  of  Brotherly  love. 

As  the  years  rolled   on,   men   of  different   nationalities   united   in 
this  city,  in  works  of  mercy  and  love,  and  the  institutions  in  which  they 
are  carried  on,  are  amo;ig  the  noblest  which  it  possesses.    They  are  found 
in  all  parts  of  your  great  and  noble  city,  and  the  ground  (m  which  we 
are  assembled  to-day,  is  s])eciallv  distinguished   in   this   respect.     Yon- 
der,  on  the  other  side  of  Girard   Avenue,  stand  those  noble  buildings 
\vhich  are  a  j)erpetual  memorial  of  that  charitable  son  ofthat  fair  and 
sunny  land  which  gives  special  prominence  to  this  day  (Nov.  11);  and 
the  land  upon  which  we  stand  has  for  years  been  graced  by  an  institu- 
tion, in   which  the  German  citizens  of  Philadelphia  have  cared  for  the 
sick  of  every  creed  and  nationality.     And  now  this  square  of  ground  is 
to  be  distinguished  by  another  institution,  in  whose  noble  and  extensive 
buildings  there  is  to  be  a  Home  for  the  Aged  and  Infirm  of  both  sexes, 
a  hospital  for  children,  and  a  Motherhouse,  in  which  deaconesses,  like 
these   upon   the  platform,   who  have  already  displayed  their  ability, 
faithfulness  and  lo^'e  iny(nider  hospital,  are  to  be  trained  for  the  work, 
not  only  in  hospitals  and  orphans'  homes,  but  in  the  chamber  of  sick- 
ness in  the  homes  of  the  ])eople;  a  motherhouse,  to  which  they  may  re- 
»turn,  when  they  have  worn  themselves  out  in  the  service  of  love. 

Who  among  us  has  not  heard  of  the  name  of  Florence  Nightingale, 
that  noble  English  woman  who  went  to  that  very  Kaiserswerth  in 
Germany,  from  which  these  modern  Protestant  deaconesses  emanated, 
in  order  to  prepare  herself  for  those  ministrations  among  the  soldiers 
in  the  Crimea,  which  have  made  her  name  a  household  word  in 
England,  and  flimous  all  over  the  world  ?  No  wonder  that  the  people 
of  }Ongland  raised  £50,000,  and  presented  it  to  her  as  a  token  of  their 
gratitude.  And  no  wonder  too  that  Florence  Nightingale  declined  to 
accept  the  money  for  her  own  use,  but  devoted  it  to  the  foundation 
of  a  training  school  for  nurses! 

It  is  for  the  training  of  such  deaconesses,  that  this  Motherhouse 
is  to  be  erected,  and  did  time  permit,  I  could  not  do  better  than 
to  give  you,  in  English,  what  Dr.  Spaeth  has  already  so  admirably  said 
about  this  institution. 


\\v  me  lu'ic  l(i-(iny,  to  \vitiicK<  llic  liiyiii^^  *>i  the  ((inicr-Htoiu'  of 
a  luiildin«;  witliiii  wIkisc  walls  tlicM'  varied  atid  Moxd  (»iicratioiis  arc 
ti>  he  cairicd  «ui.  Il  is  lo  I c  laid  hv  \\\r  inaii  wliu.  almvc  all  ollicrs,  ih 
t'lititlcd  to  lay  it,  —  the  man  ulio.si' jicmidsity  lias  already  lu'cn  oi'siuli 
vast  service  to  the  lios])ital,  and  whose  ninidficciicc  jnovidis  tlusc 
noMc  huildiuiis,  wlio>c  l)ci:innin^s  arc  all  ai'onnd  us. 

He  docs  not  wish  it  to  he  called  alter  his  own  nanu',  hut  erect«  ii 
as  a  meiDorial  to  the  wife  of  his  love,  the  faithful  companion  of  so  many 
years  of  his  lilc.  ^'our  city  oi' hrolherly  Ionc,  the  home  of  my  hoy- 
hood,  the  city  which  I  still  love,  has  many  nohle  monuments,  and 
splendid  institutions  of  mcicy,  hut  as  far  as  my  knowlcdjre  extends, 
1  venture  to  affirm,  thnt  it  does  not  contain  within  its  ample  limits 
a  single  square  of  land  on  which  can  he  found  such  institutions  as 
shall  soon  mark  this  uohlc  spot,  —  a  iroo<l  hosj)ital,  under  the  charge 
of  such  deaconesses,  a  home  for  the  agid  and  infirm,  a  hospital  for 
children  and  a  motherhouse  for  Protestant  deaconesses. 

We  have  reason  to  thank  God  for  this  favorahle  day  —  for 
this  "Kaiseiwetter,"  as  the  Ciernums  would  call  it,  and  to  pray  that 
this  nohlc  work  may  be  carried  on  to  a  successful  comj)letion,  and  that 
God  may  grant  him  who  rears  this  building,  health  and  strength  not 
only  to  enter  it  when  it  is  finished,  but  to  witness,  for  years  to  come, 
the  harniouious  and  successful  working  of  an  institution  that  will 
prove  a  blessing  to  Philadelphia  and  all  the  land,  an  honor  to  the 
German  name,  and  a  perjjetual  memorial  not  only  of  the  lady  whose 
name  it  bears,  but  of  the  warmhearted  husband  who  rears  it  in  her 
honor. 

After  this  Consul  Chas.  H.  Meyer  announced  the  documents, 
which  were  deposited  in  the  corner-stone,  as  follows: 

1.  Annual  report  of  the  hospital  1884. 

2.  Annual  report  of  the  hospital  188^. 

3.  Annual  report  of  the  German  Society  1885. 

4.  Plan  of  the  building  by  the  Architect  G.  Knoche. 

5.  Brief  history  of  the  deaconesses  by  Chas.  H.  Meyer  in  Phila- 
delphia. 

(1  Phoebe  the  Deaconess,  by  Rev.  Dr.  S})aeth. 

7.  A  German  Bible. 

8.  Copies  of  English  and  German  newspapers  of  Philadelphia. 

9.  Order  of  services  at  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone  this  day. 
Then  Mr.  John    D.   Lankenau  stepped   forward   and,  seizing  the 

hammer,   laid   the    c(n-ner-stone   with  these  words :    "In   the   name  of 
the  Triune  (itod  1  now  lay  the  corner-stone  for  this  building,  to  be  called 


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the  Mai-y  J.  Drexcl  Home  and  Philadelphia  Motlierhoiiso  of  Dea- 
conesses. May  the  hlessinii'  of  Alniiohty  (lod  rest  on  this  huildin«;  and 
on  the  whole  woi'k  hei'c  undertaken,  that  it  nmy  u-row  and  |)ros])er  to 
His  honor." 

^Ir.  John  V.  File,  President  of  the  ( lernian  Society  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, then  spoke  as  follows: 

ADDRESS  OF  MR.  JOHN  C.  FILE. 

Dear  friends!  When  the  heart  is  full,  the  lips  will  overflow. 
Whose  heart  of  all  assembled  is  not  full  to  burstin<^-  at  this  moment? 
What  words  can  projierly  and  fnlly  express  our  feelintjfs? 

In  the  name  of  the  (rennan  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  deeming  it 
a  ureat  honor  and  ever  cherishing;;  it  as  such,  that  many  meetings  and 
deliberations  for  the  best  interests  of  the  (xermaii  Hospital  were  held 
within  its  liall : 

In  the  name  of  all  the  societies,  associations,  congregations  and 
bodies  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  whose  aim  and  object  are  charity 
and  benevolence ; 

In  the  name  of  the  Germans  of  the  City  of  Brotherly  Love,  aye 
of  this  whole  broad  and  blessed  land  ; 

In  the  name  of  the  people  of  this  city  and  of  all  our  beloved 
country ; 

I  wish  with  all  my  heart  and  soul  that  the  choicest  blessings  of 
Almighty  (xod  may  at  all  times  and  for  all  time  rest  on  this  noble  act 
of  benevolence  and  that  the  })eace  of  tlie  Lord  may  ever  abide  with  it ; 
that  unceasing  good  may  flow  from  it  far  and  wide,  and  that  onr  Fa- 
ther in  Heaven  in  His  mercy  may  permit  our  dear  friend  and  benefactor 
John  D.  Lankenau  to  see  with  his  own  eyes  the  consummation  and 
completion  of  the  good  work  of  which  he  has  laid  the  corner-.^tone,  and 
to  And  in  the  blessings  flowing  from  it  joy  and  solace  to  his  heart.  God 
grant  it.     Amen. 

After  this  Mr.  Jos.  Patterson,  President  of  the  Western  National 
Bank,  and  an  intimate  friend  of  Mr.  Lankenau,  delivered  an  address  in 
the  English  lan^'nage. 


MR.  PATTERSON'S  ADDRESS. 

We  have  witnessed  to-day  the  ceremony  of  laying  the  corner- 
stone of  a  building  dedicated  to  a  inost  humane  purpose  by  the  muni- 
fleence  of  a  citizen  of  Philadelphia,  who  has  not  only  given  abundantly 
of  his  wealth,   but  has  devoted  time,  thought  and  labor  for  many  years 


In  ihc  ('nlni'i^ciii.iii    ulilic    l.cncticriit    work  ..f  ilic  ( icniijiii    I  l(is|iil:il  of 
I'Inladclphi:!. 

Kiitiwiiii;- ;i>  1  do  llu'  |i:itli(lic  story,  mid  all  its  di-i-plv  alK-ctini: 
iiH-idnits.  and  (lie  time  and  placf  wliicli  inspired  tlic  purpose  to 
iTi'ct  (iiis  Itnildini:-,  I  «•oiiid  nol  i-cl'iix-  my  (-«jnscnt  to  tlic  ivinu'si  nl'Mr. 
Lankcnaii  to  say  a  few  words,  althou^li  1  cannot  expect  to  ;rive  you 
any  more  inlorniation  tlian  you  have,  or  deepen  vour  interest  in  the 
uhjcct  wiiicli  has  attracted  us  lu-re  to-dav. 

In  renar.liiiii'  the  aspects  oi' individual  and  social  life  at  this  time 
w.'  recoiiiiize  the  fact  tiiat  human  aims  and  actions  are  less  restricted, 
and  the  advantajr<'?^  and  distinctions  of  life  are  more  open  to  all 
than  in  any  former  time,  and  from  this  has  grown  an  almost  uni- 
versal expression  of  energy  and  activity  heretofore  unknown,  and  these 
have  developed  too  often  a  spirit  of  contention,  discord  and  collision, 
an  issue  doubtless  of  tlu'  seltishness  which  inspires  and  controls  the 
excited  activities  of  our  times. 

The  public  voice  and  the  press  loudly  praise  our  abundant 
energy  in  di'veloping  the  material  resources  of  our  country,  and  boast 
of  the  glory  with  which  we  are  crowning  the  day  in  which  we  live. 
All  this  is  well  and  the  praise  is  deserved,  but  it  is  not  all  of  life, 
and  lia])pily  beside  these  men,  whose  wealth  and  energies  arc 
tunneling  great  mountains,  bridging  broad  rivers  and  Ininging 
nearer  to  us  remote  places  and  j)eople,  there  are  men  and  women 
of  serene  and  conspicuous  virtue  who  are  expressing  an  earnest  philan- 
thropy, who  pi'cach  in  life  and  deeds  of  charity  the  gospel  of  human 
brotherhood,  and  are  illustrating  here  in  this  land  and  time  by  their 
lives  the  lessons  of  good-will  to  men,  given  to  the  world  by  the  Oreat 
Teacher  as  He  walked  in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem  and  by  the  shores  of 
the  8ea  of  Galilee. 

Our  own  city  can  show  monuments  of  her  public  benefactors. 
Within  your  sight,  there  stands  that  beautiful  expression  ofCirecian 
architecture,  Girard  College,  whose  broad  and  firm  foundation  rests  on 
the  gift  of  a  wealthy  merchant  of  an  earlier  time.  In  this  immediate 
vicinity  are  the  House  of  Refuge  and  the  Preston  Retreat,  and  scat- 
tered throughout  the  city  are  charitable  institutions,  giving  ears  to  the 
deaf,  voice  to  the  voiceless  and  eyes  to  the  l)lind;  and  all  forms  of 
human  sorrow  and  suffering  are  opposed  and  relieved  by  kind  and 
judiciously  administered  charities. 

In  other  countries,  and  to  some  extent  in  ours,  great  riches  are 
generally  devoted  to  ostentatious  display  of  visible  exj)ressions  of  a 
sense  of  i)ersonal  importance ;  here,  often  the  foundation  of  a  charity 
rests  on  the   gift  of  a   rich    American,   and   his   proudest   retinue   con 


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sists  of  huniiin  heinous  n'seiu'd  hy  his  action  from  poverty  and  afflic- 
tion, and  his  noblest  monnnient  is  a   House  of  jNIercv. 

Among  these  in  our  city  the  (Jerman  Hospital  duriuL;-  its  brief 
existence  has  become  known  as  greatly  useful,  and  its  ample  |)rovi- 
sion  for  the  care  and  treatment  of  the  sick,  wounded  and  iuHrni, 
commend  it  as  one  deserving  public  aj)proval  and  sujjport. 

The  beginning  of  the  construction  of  buildings  designed  for  gen- 
eral benefit  are  usually  brought  to  jiublic  notice  by  j)roceedings  simi- 
lar to  that  we  are  engaged  in  to-day,  with  explanations  of  the  pur- 
pose of  their  creation,  and  hence  I  appear  here  more  in  conformity 
with  a  time-honored  custom  than  with  any  expectation  of  saying  that 
which  will  increase  your  respect  for,  or  interest  in  this  work. 

History  of  the  German  Hospital. 

The  history  of  the  ( Jerman  Hospital  of  Philadel])hia  is  doubtless 
known  to  you. 

In  November,  1866,  it  began  its  good  work,  and  this  is  given  to 
all  who  require  it,  without  regard  to  race,  religion  or  color. 

The  interesting  and  instructive  address  of  Mr.  Rosengai-ten,  at  the 
opening  of  the  new  wing  of  the  h(jspital  in  November,  1884  (which  wa.« 
the  gift  of  Mr.  Lankenau),  gives  so  fully  the  history  of  the  hospital 
from  its  beginning  to  that  date  that  it  is  needless  to  repeat  here  that 
which  you  will  find  so  clearly  and  forcibly  stated  in  that  narrative. 

There  is  one  fact  distinguishing  the  government  of  the  German 
Hospital  that  should  be  spoken  of  now,  and  is  Avorthy  to  claim  general 
aJ:tention  and  approval. 

It  is  the  provision  of  the  valuable  services  of  a  [Sisterhood  of  Dea- 
conesses, who  are  charged  with  the  direction  of  the  internal  economy  of 
the  House  and  nursing  and  care  of  the  patients.  The  pious  devotion 
of  these  excellent  women  to  their  humane  vocation  has  produced  the 
best  results. 

If  time  ])ermitted  it  would  be  interesting  to  trace  the  rise  and 
progress  of  the  Sisterhood  of  Deaconesses  in  Germany,  but  I  will  only 
sav  that  so  successful  has  been  the  application  of  this  agency  that  the 
Sisterhood,  first  established  in  Germany  in  1836,  had  grown  in  1881  to 
53  motherhouses  and  4748  n.ieml)ers,  distributed  throughout  Europe 
and  the  east  and  to  some  extent  in  this  country,  and  since  that  time 
the  order  has  been  growing  largely  and  steadily.  All  that  the  Dea- 
conesses have  done  elsewhere  in  tiieir  merciful  work  is  a  sufficient 
pledge  of  Avhat  they  will  do  here. 

The  idea  of  providing  a  motherhouse  tor  Deaconesses  and  train- 
inii'  school  for  nurses  was  not  in  the  original  design  of  the  Home,  but  it 


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Ix'caiiH'  (tl)viously  a  necessity  lo  make  more  etii'ctive  the  admiiiislralioii 
(if  the  li()Sj>ital,  and  to  extend  its  heiielits  heyond  the  limit  of  its  own 
partieiihir  field  of  lahor,  and  liencf  this  will  he  also  an  etliieational  in- 
stitution and  traininir  school  lor  yoinci'  sisters  or  prohationers,  and  all 
l\^  will  he  i,n-oatly  to  the  henetit  of  our  city,  in  providin;^  «killed 
nurses  and  hy  relieviu'i-  <'iii'  City  ( ioverimieiil  of  some  of  its  hnrdens 
in  the  care  of  the  poor,  and  it  presents  a  jii<l  claim  on  our  citizens  for 
sym])athy  and  liheral  support. 

This  provision  will  extend  fj;reatly  the  henelicial  action  of  women 
in  the  care  of  the  sick,  and  it  is  doubtless  true  that  woman  is  now 
recognized,  not  only  as  a  priestess  in  hci'  own  home,  impressiu'r  with 
loving  accents  the  first  lessons  of  religion  on  the  openin.i-  minds  of  chil- 
dren, hut  she  goes  abroad,  in  the  love  of  (Jod,  on  missions  of  mercv, 
and  is  sharing  ni(u-e  and  more  with  maji  th(>  most  effective  philan- 
thru])ic  labor.  Her  heart  can  feel  most  tenderly  for  the  afHicted  and 
her  hands  can  more  gently  and  soothingly  wipe  away  their  tears. 
Here  is  a  field  in  which  the  peculiai-  gitls  and  graces  of  womanhood 
can  be  developed  to  the  temporal  and  eternal  good  of  those  who  most 
require  their  .sympathy  and  care. 

A  Noble  Chakity. 

You  have  just  witnessed  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone  of  a  build- 
ing that  will  be  one  of  the  noblest  of  charities  and  a  monument  of  the 
munificence  of  a  citizen  of  Philadeli)hia,  who  dedicates  it  not  only  to 
the  humane  uses  for  which  it  is  designed,  but  as  a  loving  memorial  of 
one  whose  relation  to  him  was  the  closest  and  tenderest  of  human  ties. 

The  name  by  which  it  will  be  known  is  the  Mary  J.  Drexel  Home 
for  Aged  and  Infirm  Men  and  Women  and  the  Philadelphia  Mother 
House  of  Deaconesses, 

The  family  name  it  will  bear  is  distinguished,  respected  and  lujn- 
ored  in  this  city  and  elsewhere  for  great  liberality  and  large  benevo- 
lence. Mr.  Francis  M.  Drexel,  the  father  of  the  lady,  of  whom  this 
building  will  be  a  memorial,  was  the  first  Treasurer  of  the  German 
Hospital,  and  one  of  its  earliest  generous  benefactors,  and  there  has  re- 
cently come  to  it  from  the  estate  of  his  son,  Mr.  Francis  A.  Drexel,  a 
bequest  of  a  large  sum  of  money.  Other  members  of  this  family  have 
given  to  it  most  liberally  and  generously. 

These  I  have  named  are  no  longer  on  earth;  but  there  is  another 
benefactor  of  the  hospital,  whose  generous  heart,  directed  by  his  good 
judgment,  and  inspired  by  sacred  memories  of  the  loved  ones  who  are 
no  longer  here,  has  done  so  much  for  the  Hospital  and  the  Home,  that 
the  pre.sence  of  that   modest  and  unassuming  gentleman  must  not  for- 


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bid  me  to  say,  even  at  the  risk  of  inourrin<^  his  dis])leasure,  that 
an  example  of  so  oreat  ji^enerosity  should  not  be  withhehi  from  pub- 
lic knowledge. 

It  has  been  well  said  tliat  to  Mr.  Lankenau  every  day  in  the 
year  is  donation  day  for  the  German  Hospital,  and  I  will  not  at- 
tempt to  state  precisely  the  number  or  total  value  of  his  numerous 
gifts,  but  this  I  may  be  permitted  to  say,  that  the  cost  of  the  wing 
of  the  hospital  building  and  that  of  this  Home,  which  will  be  built 
and  fully  furnished  and  established  by  him  alone,  will  aggregate 
one  million  dollars. 

When  the  hands  are  ready  to  obey  the  dictates  of  the  heart, 
and  generous  action  j)romptly  follows  generous  impulse,  when  to  feel 
inclined  to  do  a  kind  act  is  to  do  it,  benevolence  does  its  double 
work,  and  is  twice  blessed.  "It  blesses  him  who  gives  and  him  who 
takes,"  and  I  am  sure  that  on  Mr.  Lankenau  that  rich  benediction 
rests  abundantly. 

Such  men  slioidd  be  held  in  great  respect,  and  the  example  of 
their  beneficent  lives  should  teach  rich  men  that  they  have  other 
obligations  here  than  only  to  get  wealth  and  to  keep  it,  and  those 
obligations  should  be  met  during  their  lives,  before  the  eyes  become 
dimmed  or  the  hands  palsied. 

iVIr.  Lankenau's  })resence  must  n(»t  prevent  me  from  saying  .some- 
thing more  regarding  him,  and  I  will  say  it,  not  as  eulogy  or 
praise,  for  that  he  does  not  wish  or  recpiire,  but  as  an  incentive  to 
others  to  emulate  the  wi.sdom  of  his  action,  for  I  regard  all  that  he 
nas  done  as  an  expression  of  the  highest   wisdom. 

Thk  Found ei:    of  thi:  Homi:. 

The  founder  of  this  home  foraged  and  infirm  men  and  women,  and 
training  school  for  nurses  is  an  honorable  and  prosperous  merchant  in 
Philadelphia.  A  good  citizen,  faithful  and  respected  in  all  the  rela- 
tions of  life,  of  ii}dustrious  habits,  punctual  and  exact  in  all  his  deal- 
ings, he  acquired  a  sufhcient  fortune  for  his  uses.  His  voice  has  not 
been  heard  in  the  streets,  or  in  public  meetings,  explaining  or  propos- 
ing theories  of  sympathy,  but  he  has  been  prompt  and  generous  in  do- 
ing deeds  of  <*harity,  and  he  has  illustrated  in  his  lite  the  true  value  of 
riches,  honestly  acipiiivd  and  faithfully  used  tor  the  promotion  of  hu- 
man welfare;  and  the  lesson  of  sucli  a  life  docs  not  come  so  often  as  to 
allow  one  such  example  to  remain  unnoticed. 

Ha[)j)V  in  his  domestic  lite,  and  li\ing  in  liis  iionic  and  its  affec- 
tions, great  sorrows,  unusual  in  their  rapid  succession,  came  to  him,  and 
he  was  left  alone.      Undemonstrative   and    unobtrusive  of  his  i^rief  he 


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withdraw  fn. iii  iIm'  (•(Hitc.-I.'-  of  lilr.  and  did  not  lind  or  sci-k  in  the  ilis- 
tractions  of  poll  ileal,  social  oi'  luisiiicss  rxcitcniciit  tlic  soiucc  lie  so  much 
needed;  hiit.  inspii'ed  l)\  lender  iiienioiies  ol' those  whose  loviiijr  coni- 
panionship  he  liad  lost,  he  devoted  his  lite  to  a  irenerous  purpose,  which, 
hesiihs  having;  the  approval  of  his  own  heart  and  judgment,  is  sancti- 
fied to  him  liy  the  memoiiesot' the  dead  ;  and  this  devotion  to  the  {jreat 
pur|)ose  of  his  life,  the  last  few  years,  has  Ixnne  its  rich  fruit  in  the  en- 
larii-ement  of  the  (ternian  ll(tspital  and  the  L''enerous  purpose  to  erect 
anothei'  huildin*:-,  solely  as  his  own  i_nft,  as  a  niomimeiit  not  of  him.»*elf, 
for  his  own  name  has  been  modestly  withheld,  hut  of  that  undying 
love  which  blessed  so  many  ycai's  of  his  life  and  the  memory  of  which 
now  is  to  him  an  unspeakable  consolation;  and  when  this  buildin;.'- 
shall  have  arisen  to  its  pei'tect  and  beautiful  pntportions,  and  its  am- 
ple halls  and  chambers  will  be  occupied  by  aticd  ami  infirm  men, 
women  and  children,  all  administered  to  bv  devout  women,  whose  lov- 
ini^:  hearts  will  be  in  their  irood  work,  then  will  be  accomplished 
the  benevolent  purposes  talked  of  and  adopted  by  father  and  daujrh- 
ter  in  the  seclusion  of  a  (|uiet  room  in  Half  Moon  street,  in  Lon- 
don, and  here  will  be  found  the  answer  to  the  thou<rhtfirl  and 
feiveiit  piuyer  of  that  daufjhter,  uttered  just  before  the  end  of  her 
youn<i-  and  beautiful  life  on  earth,  "that  her  father's  life  and  strenjrth 
be  preserved  to  complete  the  irr(>at  work  so  dear  to  the  hearts 
of  both,"  and  the  urantecj  jirayer  and  fulfilled  purpose  will  a])pear, 
when,  in  the  halls  and  cluunbers  of  the  C(»mpleted  structure,  there 
will  be  lu^ard  from  the  b(>neficiaries  of  this  irreat  charity  the  voice 
of  heartfelt  <rratitude  to  their  benefactor,  who  crowned  a  lifeofindus- 
ti'y,  probity  and  benevolence  by  the  yenerous  iriit  to  afHicted  humanity 
of  the  Mary  J.  Drexel  Home  for  Au'cd  and  Iidirm  Men  and  Women, 
and  The  Philadelphia  Mother  House  of  Deaconesses. 

riie  exercises  were  concluded  with  the  sinii'ing  of  the  ancient 
choral  "Now  thank  we  all  our  (lod,"  accompanied  by  the  instruments, 
and  with  the  benedicti<»n  bv  Kev.  \V.  .1.  Mann,  D.I). 


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